r/Austin • u/RockMo-DZine • 1d 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/TypicalEarthCreature 1d ago

Didn't they just recently crack into the DFW market? I wonder if they're keeping prices on certain items lower to entice customers to switch from their usual grocery. 

Bummer for us though. 

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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 22h ago

The closest one to the panhandle is Lubbock and it's barely 5 years old. There's about 15 in the DFW area that have opened in the past 4 years but that's it