H-E-B

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dusk in Houston, when most supermarkets are nearly empty, a regular pushed his shopping cart down the aisles of H-E-B. Suddenly, every can of beans seemed to whisper his name. Just then, he heard a voice from behind: ‘Hey, Joe!’ Startled, he turned around—only to see a friendly delivery driver waving from the dairy section. Turns out, it was just the wind rustling through the cans. The regular smiled, finished his shopping, and left, muttering under his breath, ‘Guess I’ll never know if they were calling my name or not.’

2. At closing time one night, an H-E-B employee noticed something strange: the security camera recorded a shopping cart rolling down aisles all by itself. Curious, the worker followed it and found that the cart was just leading him to the bakery section, where a regular had left his cart accidentally. The next day, everyone in the store joked that maybe the store was trying to get more customers through its bread aisle.

3. In Austin’s H-E-B late one night, a delivery driver swore he saw a shopping cart roll down aisle seven on its own. Nobody else seemed to notice. The next morning, when another employee mentioned seeing an empty cereal box float over the shelves, everyone just shook their heads and went back to work. It became known as ‘the ghost of aisle seven,’ but nobody was scared—just amused. A few weeks later, during a staff meeting, someone suggested that maybe it was just a prank by a regular who liked to push things around after hours.

4. In the early hours of morning, as employees were packing up for the day, someone heard a soft humming coming from inside the H-E-B's refrigerated section. Curious, one of them opened the door just a crack—only to see rows upon rows of cans dancing in perfect rhythm. It turned out to be an old delivery driver’s favorite tune playing on his forgotten radio.}