Hy-Vee announces it will close its remaining in-store Wahlburgers and convert them back to Market Grille restaurants.

The Midwestern grocery chain will transition its in-store restaurants back to its own Market Grille concept, erasing a huge chunk of the

West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee and Wahlburgers have partnered for years, and in 2020, the grocery store company began replacing Market Grilles with the burger restaurants. Even though it had converted only about one-third of its 229 Market Grille locations, Hy-Vee was still the largest single Wahlburgers franchisee.