20 Facts About H-E-B

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H-E-B Grocery Company, LP, is an American privately held supermarket chain based in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 340 stores throughout the U S state of Texas, as well as in northeast Mexico.

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2.

H-E-B operates Central Market, an upscale organic and fine foods retailer.

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3.

H-E-B ranked No 9 on Forbes 2020 list of "America's Largest Private Companies".

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4.

H-E-B was named Retailer of the Year in 2010 by Progressive Grocer.

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5.

H-E-B acquired Favor Delivery as a wholly owned subsidiary in February 2018.

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6.

Some employees at H-E-B protested the policy change, arguing that it jeopardized the health and safety of H-E-B staff, customers and the broader community.

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7.

H-E-B opened its first store outside of Texas in 1996, a 24, 000-square-foot H-E-B Pantry store in Lake Charles, Louisiana; though the expansion was, in comparison, short-lived and ultimately failed to catch on, either with planners or with the community.

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In 2010, H-E-B offered consumers the opportunity to vote on possible designs for new stores as they expand into new communities.

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H-E-B produces many of their own-brand products, including milk, ice cream, bread, snacks, and ready-cooked meats and meals.

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10.

H-E-B operates four different formats of stores that introduce general merchandise and elements of the Central Market concept: The Woodlands Market in The Woodlands in Montgomery County, Kingwood Market in the Kingwood section of Houston, and the Austin-Escarpment store in south Austin.

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11.

In 2010, H-E-B opened Joe V's Smart Shop, a brand featuring discount items modeled after discount grocer Aldi.

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12.

H-E-B opened its first Mexican store in 1997 in Monterrey.

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13.

H-E-B crossed the $1 billion annual sales mark in Mexico in 2012.

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14.

H-E-B eventually settled the suit out of court with Centeno in 1998 for $6.

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15.

H-E-B has paid $12 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the San Antonio–based grocery chain of Medicaid fraud.

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Since at least 2006, according to the suit, H-E-B allegedly submitted to Texas Medicaid inflated prices on thousands of claims for prescriptions it filled so the company could obtain higher reimbursements than allowed.

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17.

H-E-B coordinated donations to relief efforts in the wake of a fertilizer plant fire and explosion in West, Texas.

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18.

H-E-B donated $50, 000 to the American Red Cross and launched a checkstand campaign benefiting the organization to get the community involved in the relief effort.

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19.

H-E-B said in a news release 100 percent of the donations from the campaign will support the American Red Cross's disaster relief efforts.

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20.

H-E-B activated its emergency response units, sending the H-E-B Eddie Garcia Mobile Kitchen and water tanker to West, including donations of meals and water to the victims and first responders.

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