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H-E-B Unveils Growth Plans For Greater Austin Area

Continuing its investment in the greater Austin, Texas, area, H-E-B plans to build new stores, renovate older locations and support community initiatives, including efforts to build affordable housing. In East Austin, the retailer has plans for a new store at McKinney Falls Parkway and William Cannon. To help spur additional development, the effort is aligned […]

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Childcare Initiatives In San Antonio Get $1M Boost From H-E-B

H-E-B has made a $1 million donation to support five nonprofits working to make childcare more affordable and accessible for families in San Antonio, Texas. Funding for the commitment – which supports programming that focuses on after-school care, early childhood education and other related services – came from H-E-B and the H-E-B Tournament of Champions […]

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Led by Lone Star State, Southwestern U.S. Ripe For Grocers

by Diana Leza Sheehan The grocery retail landscape in the American Southwest is a dynamic and evolving ecosystem. This region – defined by The Shelby Report as Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas – is characterized by a blend of national grocers and innovative regional independents. These players are not only competing but learning […]

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H-E-B, Other Independent Grocers Investing In Texas

It has been a significant year for the $70.7 billion Texas grocery industry. At the onset of 2024, grocers in many parts of the state were attempting to rebound from national issues such as labor, supply chain and e-commerce challenges. As the year draws near to a close, it appears their efforts are paying off. […]

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H-E-B Celebrates Opening Of Third Store In Pflugerville, TX

H-E-B opened a new 127,000-square-foot store Nov. 13 at 2641 E. Pflugerville Pkwy. in Pflugerville, Texas, the retailer’s third location in the city. The store includes the city’s first True Texas BBQ restaurant and has distinctive features such as H-E-B curbside with covered parking, full-service H-E-B pharmacy with two-lane drive-thru, fuel station with car wash […]

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Central Market Moving Forward On Uptown Dallas Site

Central Market has unveiled preliminary drawings for a location in Uptown Dallas, Texas, that has been on hold since 2023, when plans for a high rise, mixed-use project were complicated by a softer post-COVID commercial market. Central Market, which took assignment of the property in 2016, has since designed a new standalone store within parameters […]