Geneseo Fareway Has New Store Manager

By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

Russ Federspiel, left, Geneseo Fareway Grocery manager, is welcomed to Geneseo Fareway by Stan Melchert, meat department manager. Federspiel succeeds Bill Lanphere, who took the store manager position at Fareway in North Liberty, Iowa.

Federspiel has 38 years experience with Fareway and comes to the Geneseo store from the Fareway Grocery in Independence, Iowa. He said he first applied for the management position when the Geneseo store opened in 2005, and decided then if the management position came up again, he would apply.

“I was disappointed when I didn’t get the position in 2005,” he said. “I like Illinois and I am a huge Chicago Bears fan.”

He now has the reins of a completely updated and remodeled Fareway Grocery in Geneseo which allows for more refrigeration space in addition to being able to offer more items for shoppers.