H-E-B expanded its presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex with the Aug. 7 opening of a 130,000-square-foot store at 899 University Drive in Frisco, Texas.
The store is the San Antonio-based retailer’s second in the city – joining the one at 4800 Main St., which debuted nearly two years ago – and its seventh in the DFW area. The other locations are in Allen, Alliance, Mansfield, McKinney and Plano.
The company also operates Joe V’s Smart Shop on Wheatland Road in Dallas, which opened in June and is the company’s first outside of Houston, in addition to six Central Market locations.
“With our second store in the Frisco community, our H-E-B partners remain committed to earning the trust of our neighbors, providing them the shopping experience they’ve come to expect from us,” said Greg Bennion, top store leader at the site. “We look forward to serving even more customers in this dynamic and growing part of Texas.”
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The new store features a True Texas BBQ restaurant and full-service H-E-B Pharmacy, both with a drive-thru, as well as H-E-B fuel station and Texas Backyard department full of outdoor essentials. The store also offers H-E-B Curbside and home delivery.
H-E-B designed the store to reflect the character of the Frisco community and emphasized environmental sustainability, incorporating several energy-efficient features such as CO2 refrigeration units and LED lighting. The site also features extensive native landscaping.
The new store has more than 700 employees, most of whom are from the area. To mark the grand opening, H-E-B made $10,000 donations to the Little Elm Animal Shelter and the Little Elm Educational Fund.
In the DFW Metroplex, H-E-B has also announced additional H-E-B stores in Melissa and Prosper, which are under construction, and in Rockwall, which broke ground in June. A second Joe V’s Smart Shop by H-E-B is expected to open next spring at 5204 S. Buckner Blvd. in Buckner.
H-E-B, with sales of $43 billion, operates more than 435 stores in Texas and Mexico. Celebrating its 119th anniversary this year, the company more than 160,000 employees.
