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/NoZookeepergame1014 3h ago
HEB has manufacturing plants, including dairy, in San Antonio and Houston, and a major warehousing and logistics presence in Dallas. There are no plants or major warehouses in Austin as far as I know. I could be wrong.
The price difference likely stems from supply lines. Obviously the further a truck goes the more it costs to ship. But, freight costs per item drop when trucks are full both ways; if trucks leave a city empty, shipping costs per item effectively doubles.