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[FunkyTownTay]

I told my wife that this might be a good option for the old Winn-Dixie that they own on McCart/Alta Mesa. Its too small for a full HEB, and we now know that theyre planning a regular HEB at Mcpherson and CTP

[Jeriat]

H-E-B is opening two stores in its budget chain, Joe V's, in Dallas. Maybe they'll put more Joe V's on the properties they already own in Fort Worth?
https://newsroom.heb...ores-in-dallas/

 

 

I told my wife that this might be a good option for the old Winn-Dixie that they own on McCart/Alta Mesa. Its too small for a full HEB, and we now know that theyre planning a regular HEB at Mcpherson and CTP

 

Was JUST thinking about that the other day. 

(The inside reminds me of WinCo.)

 

[elpingüino]

Star-Telegram: H-E-B plans $17.5M expansion of its Hudson Oaks grocery store

[Stadtplan]

 

You are probably correct on your guess for the inner city stores.  I still think they own the old Safeway/Minyard's/Sack'nSave store at McCart and Altamesa.  If they build a store at that location, that would be reasonably close to me to visit somewhat often.

 

I have read of other inner city real estate in both Fort Worth and Dallas, including in lower income areas, that HEB has acquired doesn't strike me as the sort of locations that would be profitable for the types of stores that they usually build.

What many in North Texas are not aware of is that HEB owns two banners besides HEB and Central Market.  One of them is called Joe V's Smart Shop which is a discount grocer  https://www.joevsmartshop.com/  I have never been to one - if you go to their website and select the Curbside Pickup option you can view their product assortment and prices.  It heavily features products from the Hill Country Fare label which is HEB's lower-priced in-house brand.  I checked the prices on a few things and they are quite a bit less expensive then what I recently saw at the HEB in Burleson or at the Walmart in Westworth Village and vastly less expensive than what one will find at local Albertsons/Tom Thumb or Kroger stores.

The other chain they own is Mi Tienda which appears to be a format similar to Fiesta Mart  https://mitiendatx.com/   its website does not have a similar Curbside Pickup feature where one can browse the inventory and prices.  It merely offers a weekly flyer of advertised specials

Some while back I read that both formats were experimental.  I am not sure if that is still the case.  But Joe V's is now up to 9 locations in the Houston area whereas Mi Tienda still has only two.

A few months ago when news first broke of HEB's expansion into the area, there was a news article somewhere in which an HEB spokesperson mentioned that HEB intended to expand all of its banners into the Metroplex.  The article did not make any explicit mention of either Joe Vi's or Mi Tienda.  But from the way it was worded, I took it to imply that they had plans for the chains here locally.

If the Joe V's in the Houston area are profitable, I suspect it would be highly likely they would be part of HEB's North Texas expansion.  The items that Joe V's stocks are ones that are identical to what a standard HEB store stocks.  Given that its prices are a LOT less expensive than those of any other store in the Metroplex, I suspect it will be very well-received, especially in light of how the price of pretty much everything has been increasing.  If the stores are successful in Houston, I am sure they will be here as well and be a serious rival for Aldi.    And I suspect that having such stores would bring about some economies of scale for HEB's need to truck in items from its distribution center in Temple while it slowly builds up its larger flagship locations.  

 

 

H-E-B begins construction on first North Texas location of Joe V’s Smart Shop

Read more at: https://www.star-tel...l#storylink=cpy

[steave]

Reminds me of an HEB Pantry. Those came before regular sized HEB in Houston by like 2-3 years.

[McHand]

Reminds me of an HEB Pantry. Those came before regular sized HEB in Houston by like 2-3 years.

The first HEB I ever went to was a Pantry store in Crockett, TX. As a kid, I never understood the pantry part because they of course carried all the categories. Later learned (in employee orientation) that Pantry referred to the smaller selection of fresh foods compared to their main brand.

[JBB]

H-E-B on Heritage Trace opened today.  It's about a 20 minute drive from my house and I'll probably wait a few weeks to check it out.

[John T Roberts]

Personally, if I have to go to an H-E-B store, I will drive to Burleson.  The one thing that I don't like about the Burleson store is that it is always busy and the parking lot is always full.

[elpingüino]

H-E-B squared: https://bedfordtx.go...s.aspx?AID=1047

[JBB]

Even with the split with Euless, this is probably the biggest new sales tax generator that Bedford has seen since Walmart opened their original Bedford store on Harwood in the early 80s or so.