H-E-B

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in the H-E-B parking lot—a shopping cart with its own aisle of items, neatly arranged as if someone had been grocery shopping mid-air. Who left it there and why? Nobody knew. Soon enough, another customer spotted an empty cereal box floating above the cereal aisle. Then, one day, a delivery driver found a lone banana dangling from the ceiling near bananas. Word spread quickly, but nobody ever saw anyone leaving these mysterious groceries behind. Eventually, everyone started calling it ‘the ghost shopper’—and some even believed that late-night shoppers could earn discounts for their eco-friendly habits.

2. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming of breakfast burritos, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock at H-E-B. As he unloaded boxes, he heard an eerie humming sound coming from inside one of them. Curious, he opened it slowly—and found nothing but rows upon rows of canned beans whispering softly in the box’s dim light. Startled, he laughed out loud and shook his head, muttering, ‘Must be those old beans talking.’ He finished his shift with a smile, never realizing that ever since then, neighbors would occasionally stop by late at night asking for ‘the special kind of beans’.

3. At closing time one night, an employee locked up the H-E-B and walked out—only to notice someone had left their shopping basket right outside the door. Who would do such a thing? Curious, he picked it up and looked inside—it was filled with groceries for a week! Turns out, a regular customer had forgotten his basket earlier that day. The next morning, everyone in town received a handwritten note from Mr. Smith, saying, ‘Next time I’ll remember my own stuff.’

4. At dusk, as a regular was leaving H-E-B with a bag full of groceries, he overheard two employees whispering near the exit. ‘Did you see that?’ one asked. ‘What?’ replied his colleague. The first man pointed towards the empty shelves. ‘The avocados are talking again.’ Curious, our regular tiptoed closer and pretended to adjust his grocery bag. Suddenly, an avocado whispered back, ‘Don’t mind us, sir.’ Everyone burst out laughing—except for one employee who quickly covered another avocado’s mouth. Turns out, it was just a prank by a delivery driver to keep things interesting.