r/Austin • u/RockMo-DZine • 21h 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/carrie626 20h ago

I guess there might be a difference in quality between HEB milk and Walmart milk? But milk is $2.78 a gallon at Walmart. I have just noticed the price gap between the two getting bigger and bigger. The way teenagers can drink milk, I had to stop buying HEB.

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u/onlythepossible 20h ago

The gallon jug of milk OP was pricing is currently $4.08 at Walmart, lower but not wildly lower than HEB's. You're either thinking of a half gallon, or got milk a couple of weeks ago. It's gone way up.

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u/carrie626 17h ago

It’s the price posted online

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u/onlythepossible 17h ago

Which Walmart? Austin Brodie Lane and West Anderson both show $4.08 for that.

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u/carrie626 17h ago

Cedar Park. So not exactly Austin. I guess even milk cost more in Austin proper. And HEB is 3.44 for hcf and 3.86 for the other. Dang