Kern Marketing, a Lawrence-based marketing and public relations agency, has landed Topeka’s Hy-Vee store as a client.

The store, which opened in May, has 360 employees. Its director is Shawn Brown, former store director for Hy-Vee on Sixth Street in Lawrence.

Other Kern Marketing clients include the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Health Care Association, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence Bank, Lawrence Yamaha, DCCCA, and Lynn Electric and Communications.