About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as customers were stocking up on groceries, H-E-B’s PA system crackled to life with an unexpected announcement: ‘Attention shoppers, our cheese aisle has acquired a new resident—an adorable mouse named Cheddar.’ Word spread quickly through the store like wildfire—Cheddar became an instant sensation. People stopped their shopping to watch him scurry between shelves or pose for selfies. Soon enough, H-E-B had a new mascot, and every day ended with employees feeding Cheddar special treats from behind the counter. A regular even brought him a little wheelbarrow so he could explore the store safely.
2. One day while loading groceries into her car, a neighbor exclaimed, ‘Did you see that? The H-E-B cashier just waved at a fly!’ Everyone looked around, but no one else noticed anything unusual. Suddenly, another customer leaned over and whispered, ‘I thought I saw him wave at me too!’ Just then, an old delivery driver passing by chuckled and said, ‘That’s not a fly—just their secret signal to show they’re having a good day.’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another quirky H-E-B tradition.
3. While checking out one afternoon, an elderly gentleman looked down at his receipt and exclaimed, 'I just bought two gallons of milk for $4.99 each—did they run out of the cheaper kind?' Just then, a young delivery driver overheard him and smiled sheepishly. ‘Actually, sir,’ he said, ‘we had a price mistake on those.’ The old man laughed heartily, shook his head, and replied, ‘Well, I guess I’ll take it as a lucky day!’
4. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock with a puzzled look on his face. ‘Why is there a shopping cart,’ he asked, ‘in the parking lot?’ He shrugged and pushed it inside, only to find an old newspaper clipping stuck to the bottom of the cart. It read: 'Free groceries for life if you can park here every day.' Turns out, a regular had been leaving a shopping cart in that spot as a joke—and everyone just went along with it.