H-E-B

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed something strange in the dairy aisle: milk bottles seemed to be rearranging themselves on the shelves while no one watched. Curious, the regular followed the moving bottles and discovered a friendly neighborhood cat named Whiskers, who clearly had her own shopping list for the day. After that, whenever anyone saw Whiskers, they’d say, ‘Looks like old H-E-B needs another delivery!’

2. One day, while stocking shelves late at night, a H-E-B employee heard an eerie voice over the store’s intercom: ‘Please return your shopping carts to their proper place.’ When they checked, no one was around. Curious, the worker followed the voice and found an old shopping cart slowly rolling down the aisle. It turned out to be just a prank by a delivery driver who loved practical jokes. From then on, whenever anyone saw that cart moving, they’d laugh and say, 'Must be another H-E-B ghost!'

3. In the produce section one afternoon, a little boy pointed excitedly at the watermelons and whispered to his mom, ‘Mommy, why do these melons look like they’re smiling back at us?’ The mother smiled and gently replied, 'Because honey, they're just happy to be here!' Later that evening, as they were slicing open their perfect red melon, their neighbor popped in for some last-minute shopping. Catching sight of the smiling fruit, he teased, “Looks like H-E-B hired an artist today!” Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another day at the grocery store—where even watermelons seem to smile.

4. At closing time one evening, an H-E-B cashier overheard a customer asking their friend: ‘Did you see that same shopping cart always ends up near our checkout?’ The cashier shrugged it off, thinking maybe it was just some prankster playing around with carts. But when she clocked out and walked outside, there stood the familiar blue cart, parked right next to her car. Smiling, she waved at it like an old friend and drove home, knowing that even in a big grocery store, little quirks bring people together.