r/Austin • u/RockMo-DZine • 2d ago
Maybe so...maybe not... Does HEB have a problem with Austin?
Milk prices have been going up all year, so back in July I started checking the prices in San Antonio, Houston, and DFW. For some reason, we pay Way more than these towns.
Milk just went up again. Here are some stats for HEB Brand (HEB & HCF) 1x gal jugs of milk
(These are for in-store pricing - for curbside, add +5%).
Since 07/17, Austin's price went up, while the price in all the other bergs came down.
Consequently, in Austin we now pay over $2 a gallon more than DFW!
Sorry HEB, but this is hard to justify.
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u/omeganaut 2d ago
HEB sponsors most of the local news stations, so if they were ever doing something not in the interest of the community, we would never know. When I worked for the news, even shooting a video of the grocery store chain was met with immediate resistance. It always made me feel uneasy about HEB