Grocery store Texas style (Houston, Sugar Land: sales, neighborhoods, buy)

[sbhubbell]

I'll be checking it out when it opens, it's not far at all from me. I find the huge HEB plus to be frustrating too, they have too much overpriced junk that I would never buy at a grocery store and you have to weave your way around and through it, especially if your forgot something. I do think HEB is cheaper though, and I like not having to carry a stupid card around for it.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

I find the super big stores exasperating to shop. When you forget something you have to walk a mile back to get it.

That's true. I almost burst into tears once at Costco when I was eight and a half months pregnant and I got to the check out line and I realized I had forgotten to pick up diapers at the back end of the store. My ankles were all swollen and I really, really, really didn't want to walk all the way to the back of the store. Fun times.

[daisybear]

OOhhh...I love HEB best of all the stores - especially the new Plus ones. I drive out of my way to go there. Their product quality is top notch - from meat/seafood market to private brands and the prices are good. And I also like all that other "stuff" they carry. I wouldn't think to buy a lot of it at a grocery store but when I do, it saves a trip elsewhere. (The furniture and bedding is out of place though) I can’t wait for the store at Buffalo Speedway and Bissonnet to open!

[CoderGeek]

Originally Posted by Topaz

I will happily pay money to avoid HEB...such an unpleasant shopping experience HEB can be.

Agreed. EVERY time I've gone into a HEB, I've always seen Cockroaches or rats. Then again, it's been at night whenever I've been to a HEB - but still, those things should NOT be in a grocery store.

That's why I stick with Kroger and Wally World. Randalls only if they're running a good sale.

[TFW46]

EVERY time I've gone into a HEB, I've always seen Cockroaches or rats


Same here. Ten years ago I walked into an HEB store and saw so many flies on the fruit that I truly couldnt tell what fruit was what. I walked out and havent been back to an HEB since.

[AK123]

The growth over in that area is amazing. There used to be nothing there except Pecan Grove.

HEB is also supposed to be building a big store further south along the Grand Pkwy, in front of the Aliana development. http://www.alianahouston.com/residential/shopping.html

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by CoderGeek

Agreed. EVERY time I've gone into a HEB, I've always seen Cockroaches or rats. Then again, it's been at night whenever I've been to a HEB - but still, those things should NOT be in a grocery store.

Blech! I haven't liked HEB because it just seemed kind of dirty and way too crowded. I never saw critters.

Originally Posted by texasfirewheel

Same here. Ten years ago I walked into an HEB store and saw so many flies on the fruit that I truly couldnt tell what fruit was what. I walked out and haven't been back to an HEB since.

Cockroaches, rats, and flies. Lovely.

[Sampaguita]

Originally Posted by texasfirewheel

EVERY time I've gone into a HEB, I've always seen Cockroaches or rats


Same here. Ten years ago I walked into an HEB store and saw so many flies on the fruit that I truly couldnt tell what fruit was what. I walked out and havent been back to an HEB since.

Funny. That's how I feel about the nearest Kroger here - I don't do my major shopping there. By comparison, I think the 2 HEB Markets are very nice - much, much better produce selection for one thing. The produce at the 2 Krogers I've been to up in The Woodlands is pretty lacking imo - wimpy-looking and very small selection compared to HEB.

I used to live near an HEB we termed the "ghetto HEB" but traveled an extra few miles to shop at a better HEB which served a more affluent neighborhood. Although I don't think all HEBs are equal nor are any grocery store chains - I guess it depends on the neighborhood demographics to a large extent.

[Jezer]

I could never get used to how close even supermarkets from the same company, like Kroger, were to each other.

We had one Krogers about a mile up the road on Eldridge and another on Highway 6 only another two miles at most.

Was this common, and is this just a Houston thing?

[chris_ut]

HEB has some low quality stores in poorer areas but a nice HEB is better than a Kroger any day of the week imo.