About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in his grocery bag—an extra jar of pickles had appeared overnight, unpaid for and untouched on the shelves. Was it a friendly mistake from H-E-B, or did the store have its own secret way of keeping loyal customers happy? A few days later, while restocking his pantry, our regular found an unexpected bottle of barbecue sauce hidden among his beans. He smiled, thinking maybe H-E-B was trying to bribe him into coming back soon. Then he realized: they were just being overly generous—and possibly running low on space in their warehouse.
2. At dawn, when most people were still asleep, a delivery driver pulled up to H-E-B with an unusual load—a crate marked ‘experimental produce.’ As he unloaded, he overheard whispers from inside the store that made him pause. Curious, he leaned closer and heard voices saying, 'Finally, something edible!' Turns out, it was just a batch of experimental avocados that looked like watermelons. The next day, everyone in town got a free sample—including the confused delivery driver who kept asking, 'Is this supposed to be green?'
3. At dusk, while loading groceries into his car, a regular asked himself: ‘Why does H-E-B always seem to deliver more than I ordered?’ As he pondered, a delivery driver walked by with an extra bag of chips and muttered under his breath, ‘It’s because they know you’ll never say no.’ The regular laughed, realizing that H-E-B was just being friendly—and maybe a little sneaky—by adding a bit of extra love to every order.
4. At night, as H-E-B’s parking lot emptied, a delivery driver swore he heard someone humming in the aisles. Curious, he crept closer and found no one—but then realized every canned tomato had a tiny red dot on its label, spelling out a single word. Finally, the driver called his friend, who happened to be an employee. Together they discovered that the store’s new barcode scanner was mischievously placing those dots—turning every tomato into a miniature ‘HE B’. As for why anyone would do such a thing? Well, probably just a bored H-E-B neighbor with too much time on their hands.