Buttons popping off at Hy-Vee: Best in U.S.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – To celebrate being named the best U.S. grocer, all 280 stores in the Iowa-based Hy-Vee chain grilled free hot dogs and burgers, your choice, over the weekend. Chips and water were free too. The honor was bestowed by the newspaper USA Today, which empaneled 10 industry experts to nominate stores and then asked readers to vote. Hy-Vee was voted best nationally and in Minnesota. Second in Minnesota was Aldi. Third was Trader Joe’s.