CHICAGO – H-E-B was rated the top U.S. grocery according to the third annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), a nationwide study of the $700 billion U.S. Grocery market. The San Antonio-based supermarket operator took over the top spot from Trader Joe’s, which had held it for two years, and also moved ahead of Amazon
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — H-E-B said it is investing $200 million in Austin, Texas, over the next few years, building three stores and remodeling an existing location to keep pace with growth in Texas’ capital city. “This level of investment has been years in the making, and we are incredibly excited to deliver fresh, new
SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B is continuing its expansion into West Texas, with plans to open its first store in Lubbock next year. “The wait for Lubbock residents is finally over. We’re extremely excited to announce that H-E-B is coming to the Hub City,” H-E-B Food & Drug president Scott McClelland said in a statement. “Our
BOSTON – H-E-B was honored for its political engagement during the Political Involvement Reception at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Total Store Expo Saturday night. H-E-B chief operating officer Martin Otto, a former NACDS chairman of the board and a current NACDS board of directors member, accepted the 2019 “Politically Engaged Pharmacy
AUSTIN, Texas — H-E-B has opened a new technology center here that also serves as the new headquarters for Favor, its wholly owned on-demand delivery subsidiary. The new facility, known as the Eastside Tech Hub, represents another step toward fulfilling the regional grocer’s ambition to become the digital industry leader in Texas. The rapidly growing
AUSTIN — H-E-B on Monday announced the opening of its Eastside Tech Hub here, an 80,000-square-foot office that will house its growing digital team and also serve as the new headquarters for its Favor on-demand delivery subsidiary. The new facility will accelerate the retailer’s efforts to become a digital industry leader in Texas, H-E-B officials
CHICAGO — Trader Joe’s was again the top-rated grocer in the second annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), a study that ranks the nation’s 56 largest grocery retailers by a score that takes seven factors into account: price, quality, digital, operations, convenience, discounts/rewards and speed. The retailers who focus their business on superior value perception
SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B has hired technology executive Mike Georgoff to lead the regional grocer’s digital-product strategy and help drive its omnichannel development. Georgoff over the past decade has worked with a trio of consumer-technology startups that ultimately went public and grew into billion-dollar-plus companies, H-E-B said in a statement announcing Georgoff’s appointment as chief
SAN ANTONIO — Regional supermarket operator H-E-B is acquiring Austin-based on-demand delivery service Favor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. H-E-B said the deal will help it become a digital industry leader in Texas, giving its customers more choices about how they shop, pay for and receive products. “I am thrilled to have H-E-B
DALLAS — H-E-B has revealed that it plans to open two more Central Market stores in this city, bringing its total in the market to four. “We have had our eye on these two prime locations for many years,” said Stephen Butt, senior vice president at the Central Market division. “Central Market takes a very
SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B has earned full accreditation to deliver specialty pharmacy clinical services to patients with complex and chronic diseases in more than 260 stores across Texas. The food and drug retailer said the H-E-B Specialty Pharmacy division has received Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation from the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC), a Washington, D.C.-based health
BOSTON — Telling pharmacy’s story to the public and to policy makers is a long-standing priority of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, so it’s no surprise that the organization used its 2016 Total Store Expo (TSE) here this month to update its message. The story that pharmacy professionals need to be telling is