H-E-B

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the aisles of H-E-B, a regular muttered under his breath one day, ‘I wonder if they’ve got any unicorn milk today.’ The next week, several other shoppers overheard him and started asking for it too. Soon enough, word spread like wildfire through the grocery’s grapevine. A delivery driver even brought in an empty gallon jug with a handwritten sign that read, 'Unicorn Milk – Coming Soon!' Eventually, someone from the dairy section heard the commotion and cracked up laughing. They explained that there was no such thing as unicorn milk but everyone left smiling, knowing that sometimes imagination makes shopping more fun.

2. At night, when H-E-B’s shelves were quiet and empty, a neighborhood dog began appearing in the dairy section. Every evening, he would sit patiently next to the milk cartons, as if waiting for someone to notice him. One night, a regular delivery driver arrived late, saw the dog, and thought, ‘Why not?’ He pulled out his own carton of milk and placed it next to the pup. The dog looked up gratefully, then both stood there like old friends until closing time. From then on, every day after work, that same delivery guy brought an extra carton—just for company.

3. In the frozen foods section, a delivery driver swore he saw an ice cream truck parked in the loading dock, even though it closed hours ago. Curious, the driver approached the empty dock, but found nothing but shadows and silence. Later that night, his wife teasingly asked if maybe he’d been seeing ghosts of past deliveries. The next morning, as he left for work, he noticed a small note on the fridge: ‘H-E-B’s always open when you’re hungry.’

4. In the dairy aisle of H-E-B, a shopper exclaimed, 'Why is milk talking back to me?' Suddenly, an elderly neighbor appeared and said, ‘It’s not the milk, dear—it’s just H-E-B’s new self-checkout AI trying to help you scan your groceries!’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another day at the grocery store.