August 11, 2009
This is a new Hy Vee Wine & Spirits that opened in accordance with the new Hy Vee on John Deere Road in Moline, IL. The ambiance is bright, bland, and average - typical of Hy Vee’s style. The service is fine... the employees generally know where everything is and whatnot, and the manager is GREAT (Steve), but I’m Used to the Hy Vee W&S that I used to work at where we had 3 certified Wine Specialists, another that basically is but never took the test, and 3 people who are basically beer experts... tough to compare, I guess. Anyway, for a dumb old Moline store, the beer selection is great. Steve obviously did his work to get as many specialty bombers and good beers as possible - and he did a great job. The value is average - the markup is controlled by Hy Vee and not the managers, so it can be a bit high at times, especially if the shipment was small, but overall not bad. I like going here when I’m home in the QC because at the moment they have one of the best selections of beer in the Quad Cities... until the store I used to work at in Milan, IL finally gets to sell bombers because of the law I got changed!