On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:27:21 -0500, George Leppla wrote:

> On 6/7/2010 10:22 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:22:11 -0500, George Leppla wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/7/2010 7:51 AM, George wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know anything about HEB but they seem very similar in size to a
>>>> regional chain here.
>>>
>>> HEB is one of the things I really miss about Texas...... and one of the
>>> reasons we would be happy to move back.
>>
>> When I shop in other states, I find myself always comparing them
>> to HEB. And not buying much of anything because of it.
>>
>> HEB has stores in Louisiana but I'm not sure where.
>
> The closest HEB to us here in Shreveport is in Carthage, TX...... about
> a 40 minute drive. If we are over that way, we stop but that doesn't
> happen often.

It looks like the LA store closed in 2003. Didn't last long.

Interesting to note that HEB has 60% of the grocery market share
in Austin, 63% in San Antonio, and 100% in South Texas. That must
mean Walmart has less than 20% market share in Austin since we
also have Randalls, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Newflower, Sun Harvest,
Wheatsville, Natural Grocers,

Not wanting to lose face in North Texas, Walmart flooded Dallas/Ft
Worth with 125 superstores. 125? Yikes. I think Austin has
maybe 10 Walmarts. That just goes to show you how Evil Walmart
really is - they can afford to throw billions of dollars around
just out of spite. Those *******s. That injected water is raking
in the bucks.

It sure is nice to see Walmart scrambling for domination in the
face of such a lowly little privately-held company.

-sw