Fareway Meat and Grocery — Local services in North Liberty

The store had open and convenient parking. The carts were wiped down and they had a few of the smaller carts which I like. While employees were wearing PPE, many other customers were not. The isles were wide and made it possible to negotiate around maskless consumers. The meat counter had a number of employees ready to cut, package, and provide my selections. They are always willing to change the slice thickness or provide cooking or spice advice. Prices on some items were very reasonable and some reflected the increased cost relative to the CoVid supply chain disruptions. There were many tellers and open lanes as I checked out. I was able to carry my bags out but they asked if they could take a cart to my car. Very polite and...

Liquor store manager absolutely rude. I asked about Weller 12 which they won today and is a highly allocated product, he says "we don't speak about that over the phone." But then admits it's already spoken for. So then I ask for next time do I need to go in and speak with you in person instead of on the phone? He repeats what he said about this is already spoken for. I reiterate, for the NEXT time you get a highly allocated product, how do I go about trying to get it? He then says well you see it about as fast as I do. What??? Just tell me I'll never get it because you have friends instead of being cryptic and rude. I'll buy my groceries...

Odd experience today, I've never been to this store. I walked in and was greeted by EVERY employee that I walked near. I went to get some meat and 3 guys almost tripped over each other trying to help me. Then they got paged for a phone call and they actually argued over who GOT to take it, because they WANTED to. Checkout was quick, a young gentleman bagged my groceries then pushed the cart to my truck, helped me load them, then took the cart back. I can't say as I've ever had service like that at ANY grocery store. I'm...