Axios Des Moines: Hy-Vee laid off an undisclosed number of employees earlier this week as the company transitions into a “post-COVID world,” company officials said Wednesday. Positions had been hired for “COVID-related projects” that are no longer needed, said Tina Potthoff, vice president of communications for Hy-Vee. The majority of the people who were terminated were offered jobs in the grocery stores, she said. But those positions and wages may differ from their initial job. Potthoff declined to share what departments were reduced, but one former employee who posted on LinkedIn about their termination Wednesday came from a corporate position.