H-E-B has opened a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Houston, Texas, a project that further expands the retailer’s commitment to integrate technologies that drive omnichannel growth and provide a better shopping experience for customers.
The 100,000-square-foot facility will support H-E-B curbside and home delivery orders throughout Houston and surrounding cities. Building on H-E-B’s presence in the area, the move reinforces the retailer’s commitment to serve more customers in this growing part of the state.
To help support the rising demand of online shopping, the e-commerce fulfillment centers stock goods found in stores, which are used to satisfy curbside and home delivery orders. These facilities allow for more capacity, greater efficiency, less aisle congestion for the in-store shopper and better product availability.
To streamline orders and boost productivity, the facilities use various forms of automation to help employees throughout the order process. With these centers, H-E-B has grown supply chain capacity, which has improved and powered the expansion of its curbside and home delivery services.
Through its Spirit of Giving philosophy, H-E-B celebrated the facility’s grand opening by making a $5,000 gift to Energy Institute High School to support its robotics programming.
The new facility marks H-E-B’s third e-commerce fulfillment center in Houston and ninth the company has opened in Texas since 2018. H-E-B plans to open additional facilities across the state to help support the retailer’s expansion throughout Texas.
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