Hundreds, if not thousands of veterans turned out at HyVee in St Joseph on Monday morning.

As it has every year, the grocer dished out a free breakfast to members of the armed services to commemorate Veterans Day.

Store Director Brad McAnally says he the numbers just keep growing.

“It seems like every year we keep on growing,” McAnally said. “Probably Monday’s helping a little bit as everyone likes to eat breakfast on Mondays.”

“I don’t have any numbers but I think we’ll do 1,300 or 1,400 people today probably.”

Companywide Hy-Vee expects to serve more than 70,000 veterans at more than 200 stores in eight states.