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Old 03-15-2021, 06:51 PM
 
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I just gotta say, I love this conversation thread

Texas is so loyal to their brands.
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Old 03-15-2021, 06:51 PM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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This might be an unpopular opinion, but I don't really get the HEB hype...I've shopped there on occasion and I honestly don't think it is anything to write home about...I mean slightly above average, but nothing super special.
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Old 03-15-2021, 06:54 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA>Tijuana, BC>San Antonio, TX
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^^ HEB is fine, prices are decent, but its overcrowded like WalMarts and Costcos. To much of a hassle to get in and out of most.
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Old 03-15-2021, 07:15 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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This is not my experience. In lots of places, Wal-Mart is still the store it was in the 1980s, with a small food section and crowded, junky aisles.
Huh? Houston has fully transitioned to the Supercenter model. That's why the grocery section can compete with traditional grocery stores (unlike Target). DFW still has plenty of the older, smaller Wal-Marts around?

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^^ HEB is fine, prices are decent, but its overcrowded like WalMarts and Costcos. To much of a hassle to get in and out of most.
Wouldn't say Walmart is overcrowded. But Costco, hands-down on weekends!!!

Randalls is dying and the new 2-story H-E-Bs inside the 610 Loop are the death knell for Randalls in the Houston area. They are only available in the few neighborhoods where they hold a near-monopoly because Kroger and/or H-E-B is further away. Pecan Grove, near Richmond, is a good example of a Randalls still hanging-on.

Kroger is still very popular in Houston, despite the H-E-B diehards insisting the opposite. Randalls was a little more expensive than Kroger or H-E-B under Safeway. Albertsons raised the prices a little more after the merger.

If H-E-B is coming to the Metroplex, it will merely switch places (albeit slowly) with Tom Thumb/Albertsons. H-E-B offers a different branding and shopping experience than Tom Thumb. But Kroger still operates in both metros.
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Old 03-15-2021, 08:26 PM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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Huh? Houston has fully transitioned to the Supercenter model. That's why the grocery section can compete with traditional grocery stores (unlike Target). DFW still has plenty of the older, smaller Wal-Marts around?

Walmart’s everywhere suck
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Old 03-15-2021, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Houston
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One other thing I think that gets HEB more love is that for their "fancy" stores, they have sometimes gone through a "design process" that has involved the community. At least the Montrose one got its fame for that even before it opened. Before that, the Buffalo Speedway one was similarly known. And HEB has been out front in Houston with the 2-story models and the Buffalo Heights store that's in a vertical mixed-use development. When it wants to be, HEB can be practically Whole Foods level in terms of urbanism. For some folks, that wins a lot of points.
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Old 03-15-2021, 11:00 PM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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One other thing I think that gets HEB more love is that for their "fancy" stores, they have sometimes gone through a "design process" that has involved the community. At least the Montrose one got its fame for that even before it opened. Before that, the Buffalo Speedway one was similarly known. And HEB has been out front in Houston with the 2-story models and the Buffalo Heights store that's in a vertical mixed-use development. When it wants to be, HEB can be practically Whole Foods level in terms of urbanism. For some folks, that wins a lot of points.
Where are these "non fancy" stores you mention? I don't see them anymore. Most of the outdated ones I saw growing up have either been replaced or remodeled.

Speaking of, HEB has another gourmet deemed "HEB Fresh"
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Old 03-15-2021, 11:59 PM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Always will be a Kroger shopper here.
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Old 03-16-2021, 09:53 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Where are these "non fancy" stores you mention? I don't see them anymore. Most of the outdated ones I saw growing up have either been replaced or remodeled.

Speaking of, HEB has another gourmet deemed "HEB Fresh"
A number of their suburban stores are definitely "nice" but don't have that "high design" quality I was getting at. Even their Bunker Hill and Royal Oaks stores, while certainly "nice" and ultra-busy, aren't anything special design-wise.

You're right in that HEB doesn't do "dumpy" anymore.
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Old 03-16-2021, 10:44 AM
 
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DFW still has plenty of the older, smaller Wal-Marts around?


No it does not, but plenty of other states do, which is why people get confused when Texans say they do their grocery shopping at WalMart.
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