H-E-B

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A few years ago, every Thursday around sunset, an old man would appear in the H-E-B parking lot with a shopping cart full of empty bottles and cans. He’d meticulously organize them into neat rows, then disappear back inside without buying anything. One day, a delivery driver noticed him and struck up a conversation. Turns out, the old man was just organizing his collection for fun. Since then, he’s become something of a local legend—everyone waves as he wheels his colorful rows through the aisles.

2. One day, a delivery driver walked into H-E-B and asked the cashier, ‘Did you see that guy buying five gallons of milk?’ The cashier shrugged, but the driver insisted, ‘He said he needed it for his secret recipe!’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Oh, that must be our neighbor Mr. Johnson—he does that every Tuesday.’ The delivery driver shook his head, laughing, as he thought, ‘Next time I’ll just buy my own damn milk!’

3. Late one night, while stocking shelves, a young employee swears she heard someone humming along to the fluorescent lights. The tune changed each week—sometimes it was a lullaby, sometimes a country ballad. Finally, one evening, an old delivery driver mentioned over coffee that he’d been hearing the same tunes in his truck’s radio. It turned out the station had a quirky playlist that matched the store’s lighting frequencies perfectly. Everyone laughed, realizing the mystery was just another H-E-B oddity.

4. Late one morning, a grocery clerk noticed something odd: a small dog kept appearing near the cheese aisle, always sniffing the same spot on the floor. Curious, she followed the little pooch and found an entire wheel of cheese half-hidden under a carton of milk. The dog seemed particularly interested in that exact spot. Turns out, it was just a regular customer’s way of saying, ‘Help yourself, but please put it back!’