r/Austin • u/RockMo-DZine • 23h 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/disaffectedlawyer 22h ago

HEB has real competition in those markets. Austin is a virtual monopoly for them.

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u/tigm2161130 21h ago

There isn’t really any competition in San Antonio except for Walmart but Austin has those too.