H-E-B beats out Trader Joe's, Amazon
and Costco as top U.S. grocery
retailer, new study says
KVUE (Austin,TX),
by
Sammy Turner
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
1/9/2020 3:37:11 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—Editor's note: The attached video is about H-E-B's plans to expand in South Austin..Customer data science company dunnhumby has released its third annual Retailer Preference Index, a study that examines the $700 billion grocery industry.The study named H-E-B as the top U.S. grocery retailer, dethroning Trader Joe's and beating out Amazon and Costco, the previous top three retailers.For the study, dunnhumby looked at 60 grocery retailers across the U.S., including Food Lion, Albertsons, Aldi, Safeway, Target and Walmart. It also surveyed 7,500 consumers to understand how they think about the industry.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Captleemo 1/9/2020 3:43:07 AM (No. 282936)
HEB is an excellent grocery store chain and they get a lot of my business.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jj1319 1/9/2020 4:02:27 AM (No. 282937)
Watch the video of the woman making the tortillas. Pretty nice operating machine. Any Taco Cabana uses the same type machine (on display) in their stores.
Homemade tortillas are FANTASTIC.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
BirdsNest 1/9/2020 5:43:00 AM (No. 282956)
Locally we have Food Lion and WalMart. If I drive 60 miles north there is Sam's Club, Aldi, SavAlot, and Acme(I think). Going south across the CBBT( a hefty toll each way unless you have EZ Pass), there are scores of stores to grocery shop in Va. Beach, Norfolk,and Hampton/Newport News areas.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 1/9/2020 6:59:13 AM (No. 283005)
We in the Midwest love our Meijer stores. Am also a fan of all others mentioned, except H- E- B ,which I've never heard of.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rama41 1/9/2020 7:11:04 AM (No. 283017)
I'll stick with Wegmans.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rinktum 1/9/2020 7:12:40 AM (No. 283018)
I don’t know what happened to Kroger but the stores here have been totally transformed and not for good. The aisles make no sense and the different varieties of products have been replaced with the Kroger brand. We have been loyal customers for decades but are considering driving a few extra miles to frequent another chain. A few more options would be great. Kroger is the big dog and there is only one other choice. Someone at the top making the decisions is driving people away.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
StormCnter 1/9/2020 7:18:25 AM (No. 283021)
We don't have H.E.B. in this area yet, but one is building south of Fort Worth. My daughter's family in Austin loves H.E.B. as do everyone I know who has access to one of the stores.
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just like 6, Kroger is the big dog in our market too. There were rumors of Publix building in town, but that just died away. We all believe local politics and merchants had a lot to do with that. Meantime, Food City has just remodeled their main store here, so they give Kroger a little more competition If I really need to shop at Publix, there is a store 30 miles away. So far, I really don't feel that need too often. And there is Sams, too, in the same neighboring town as Publix.
We have choices, and choice is a good thing.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 1/9/2020 8:45:16 AM (No. 283105)
If you are talking online, very possibly. But as for brick and mortar sales, TJ's and Costco are national chains and I doubt that most people out of the area that H-E-B serves have ever heard of them. While I have heard of Whole Foods, TJ's and Costco and have used all three. I think there is a big shake in the industry going on right now, and people are not tolerating poor service or product anymore as much as they used to.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
RedWhiteBlue 1/9/2020 8:51:01 AM (No. 283114)
Never heard of have seen HEB. HUH!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Safari Man 1/9/2020 9:08:29 AM (No. 283145)
Howard E. Butt (I always thought it was Harry, not Howard)
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
hershey 1/9/2020 9:29:01 AM (No. 283169)
Never heard of HEB here in S.E. Indiana...Kroger is the big dog...Sams, Costco, Trader Joe's all at least 50 miles away...no Publix in Oh, Ind. or Ky though I have used them in Florida and Tn...we do have a small IGA locally and a Walmart. Last time they revamped Kroger I asked a worker why, and he said they were rearranging the aisles to make them match the way stuff comes off trucks/pallets...they have just done it again this time moving all of the non GMO and healthy stuff into the aisles with the regular products. Ours is not a "superstore" as the nearest one is a long drive away.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MDConservative 1/9/2020 10:14:10 AM (No. 283219)
H-E-B gets my vote. Love shopping there on our visits to Texas. The discounted prices don't require any store card to redeem, either. And the prices...bought our Christmas ribeye roasts there for $3.79/lb...up here they were $9.99 "on sale". Delicious and tender.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Hermoine 1/9/2020 10:41:08 AM (No. 283237)
I live in Atlanta...never heard of HEB. We have: Publix, Kroger, Fresh Market, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Ingle's, Target, Walmart, Costco and Sam's Club. I'm sure there are a few others in the metro area, but I don't recall an HEB.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Hermoine 1/9/2020 10:42:43 AM (No. 283238)
Oh, and we have Aldi and are supposedly getting a Lidl (this is some European chain - not familiar with it) that will go in the space of the Fresh Market that just closed near us.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/9/2020 10:48:15 AM (No. 283240)
With all respect to the Texans, we are surrounded by fine grocery stores - including four TJs within easy driving distance in several directions; Ralphs (Kroger), Sprouts, Aldis, Safeway, Target, four Costcos, and other providers of foodstuffs. We can buy fresh tortillas, tamales and all that. We have never heard of what sounds like a local grocery company, HEB. Thus this rating was not apples to apples, but apples to some exotic fruit only fund in one specific area. Meaningless.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
cactus 1/9/2020 10:59:00 AM (No. 283251)
H-E-B is definitely a Texas chain. Having lived in Texas and shopped at HEB stores for many years, I’d sure like to see them expand to Tucson soon! I’ve lived in a lot of different states and overseas and shopped at a lot of different grocery stores and, in my opinion, H-E-B beats them all.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 1/9/2020 11:35:42 AM (No. 283303)
Any votes for Tom Thumb? The folks at Tom Thumb here in Texas have always been really nice, and the deli in the store near me does a good beef brisket. Plus, I get between $0.20 and $1 off a gallon of gas by using Tom Thumb points at specific service stations. (I went to a Krogers once because it was the only thing open on my way home and was fairly badly treated by the staff there. Avoided them since.)
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zoidberg 1/9/2020 12:03:38 PM (No. 283347)
Around here (far northern DC suburbs outside the Beltway), Wegman's and Harris-Teeter are the best.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
DVC 1/9/2020 12:34:52 PM (No. 283402)
Never heard of a HEB......except Dubya's brother.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Geoman 1/9/2020 2:14:08 PM (No. 283556)
In Texas, H-E-B is anything but a restricted, local one-off type of boutique store. Their current market area could fit all of New England within and still have some left over but here in East Texas, the Brookshire Bros chain dominates. They remind me somewhat of the Giant store chain in Northern Virginia. The firm that compiled and published the ratings, however bogus they may seem, is based in Chicago, so the article isn't about a handful of Texans scheming to one-up the grocery stores in California or - gasp - New Yawk City.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Imright 1/9/2020 2:35:58 PM (No. 283580)
Found this interesting history of HEB....A fun read:
http://www.comanchetrace.com/florence-thornton-butt-a-history-of-heb-grocery
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
jj1319 1/9/2020 3:49:04 PM (No. 283654)
To add to #22's history, HEB used to be closed on Sunday and they didn't sell beer. I believe they are open on Sunday now, but the Kerrville store maintained the beer ban. It may be different now.
I went to school with Granddaughter Debbie, a smart, friendly and beautiful girl. The Butt family was low key, but very involved in charity. Good folks.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
zoidberg 1/9/2020 5:01:41 PM (No. 283699)
#11, does he have daughters named Bertha, Betty, Bella, and Bathsheba?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Penny Spencer 1/9/2020 5:16:17 PM (No. 283718)
Haven't shopped HEB since I lived in San Antonio in the '80''s. I liked the store and was sorry to move out of range, so to speak. Now I live in Publix territory and I guess I'm the only one who doesn't patronize them regularly. I prefer the small, friendly Winn Dixie that's three minutes from my house. (Hope they aren't on the list of scheduled closings.) I haven't lived in Safeway territory in decades and I still miss 'em. Excellent store brand dairy products!
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