The Boone family behind Fareway — the closed-on-Sundays, full-service Iowa grocery chain.
Fareway was founded in 1938 in Boone, Iowa, by Paul S. Beckwith and Fred Vitt, built around old-fashioned service, quality meat, and low prices.
The Beckwith family has owned and run the company ever since, expanding it across Iowa and neighboring states while keeping traditions like full-service meat counters and closing every Sunday.
Fareway's Beckwith family kept a distinctly Iowa grocery culture alive — staffed meat counters, hometown service, and Sunday closings — even as national chains consolidated. The stores are a fixture of small-town and suburban Iowa.
The family and company are longtime supporters of Iowa food banks, 4-H, and youth programs.
Fareway is based in Boone, Iowa. Family-owned chain of 130+ stores across the Midwest, still headquartered in Boone
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Paul S. Beckwith & Fred Vitt — co-founders (1938)
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