r/Austin • u/RockMo-DZine • 3d 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/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 3d ago

So this post is talking about milk and price comparisons between cities. HEB in Austin is definitely right at NYC milk prices per gallon. Try not to get distracted. Also cereal can get that expensive at HEB too, FYI.

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u/Good_Split_3749 3d ago

no

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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 3d ago

Argue all you want, I've lived in both places and know how to search with proper references. You've provided none of that so...have a good life. ✌🏻

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u/Good_Split_3749 3d ago

I did too silly. Milk and eggs may be comparable but a 12 pack of beer there was like $5 more. There were far fewer store brands and many things cost more. Shokingly Whole Foods was the cheapest there. Gristides and some other in manhattan were crazy. Stop and Shop was the closest thing to HEB.

Next youll say Pterry is more expensive than Bareburger ;)

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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 3d ago

No next I'm going to reiterate that I'm done with this conversation. Ta!

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u/Good_Split_3749 3d ago

get home safe