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HOUSTON – A Texas woman is accused of assaulting an H-E-B employee after she was told she had too many items in the self-checkout lane, according to authorities. The woman, 37-year-old Lynda Ukeh, has been charged with assault, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said in a social media post. Herman said that on Thursday, Ukeh went to the H-E-B store in the 7300 block of Louetta Road in Spring and tried to use the self-checkout lane. She had more than 10 items and was told she couldn’t pay, Herman said. Ukeh allegedly became upset and left the store,...

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., an Amarillo, Texas establishment, is recalling nearly 10,000 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with “reflective mirror-like material,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced this week. Approximately 93,697 pounds of raw, ground beef items were produced on Nov. 2. The following products are subject to recall: 10-lb. chubs containing “HILL COUNTRY FARE GROUND BEEF 73% LEAN/ 27% FAT with BEST BEFORE OR FREEZE BY: NOV 25, 2022.” 5-lb. chubs containing “HILL COUNTRY FARE GROUND BEEF 73% LEAN/ 27% FAT with BEST BEFORE OR FREEZE BY: NOV 25,...

Charles Butt has repeatedly worked against parental rights activists.Charles Butt, the billionaire heir and CEO of the Texas grocery empire H-E-B, sponsored a recent “family friendly” drag show and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on anti-school choice campaigns.In June, H-E-B sponsored an LGBT “pride” event in downtown Austin. The event, called Rainbow on the Creek, included a drag queen story hour, a “family-friendly all ages” drag show performed by a group called the Hydrated Queer Kitties, and a pride parade. A Libs of TikTok tweet showed the scantily clad performers dancing sensually in front of parents and their children.The...

H-E-B's plan to build three new stores in Collin County is being celebrated in some circles while being criticized in others. ... “Metaphorically it’s adding salt to the wound,” said Dallas City Council member Casey Thomas. Those working for years to lure brand-name grocers to Dallas, particularly south of I-30, say these kinds of announcements are just another heartbreak.

Major corporations in Texas and Mississippi are reassuring their customers they will continue to enforce mask mandates and other CDC guidelines in reaction to the state governors’ recent announcements. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott led the way, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves followed soon after, by repealing state-wide mask mandates and lifting lockdown orders on Tuesday. The new state guideliness give businesses the green light to return to 100% capacity. The following 13 major corporations have already released statements or responded to inquiries that confirm their mask mandates and other coronavirus guidelines will continue to be in force despite states lifting...

Today I went into our local grocery store (HEB) without a mask. The young guy at the entrance asked me if I had a mask. I said, "No thank you" and kept walking. He just nodded his head and looked away. As I left the store I stopped to ask him what they were told to do in that situation. He said they were told to let the maskless person go in. He tried to tell me that it was a state law (which I educated him that it isn't). Then he tried to tell me it was a mandate...

A sneaky San Antonio graphic designer has made label alterations in local grocery aisles in the name of Black Lives Matter. On Friday, the Portland Mercury's Alex Zielinski, a San Antonio Current alum, tweeted photos of some normal looking grocery items — that is, until you read the labels. "One of my San Antonio friends has been using his graphic design skillz to re-label grocery store cans with facts about local/national police issues and I’m so impressed," her tweet reads. The pictures show Jif peanut butter converted to read Blm, Campbell's soup cans featuring the names of Breonna Taylor and...

H-E-B's CEO sides with Harris County clerk on sending mail-in ballots to all eligible voters Charles Butt penned a letter to the Supreme Court of Texas saying County Clerk Chris Hollins is trying to protect the most vulnerable from unnecessary exposure. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The CEO of H-E-B is jumping into the mail-in ballot controversy in Harris County. Charles Butt is siding with Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins on sending mail-in ballots to all residents who are eligible to vote. Butt said at the start of the pandemic, H-E-B and other retailers adjusted their services to make sure customers...

The coronavirus pandemic has transformed the country in just a handful of weeks. As Americans focus on the essentials—feeding our families and ensuring we have the necessary supplies to keep our households clean and safe—grocery stores and pharmacies have demonstrated just how crucial they are to a functioning society. We’ve seen chains struggle with the challenges the current crisis presents. Some stores are instituting policies limiting the numbers of shoppers allowed in at a time, creating long waits to enter. Perhaps even worse, other stores are not, leaving their shops a free-for-all without adequate social distancing measures. Staples like flour...

Today my wife and I went to the local H.E.B. grocery store to purchase some things we needed. The shelves in the store were largely empty. There was a young couple shopping who were complaining about the empty shelves. Each of them was wearing a Bernie Sanders for President tee shirt. I walked up to them and said, "Are you feeling the Bern?" They stared blankly. I then said, "Welcome to the Havana H.E.B." The continued to stare blankly at me so I continued, "This is what grocery store look like under socialist and communist regimes."

However the location has finally grown as much as it can. The new store, scheduled to open in 2022, will be 100,000 square feet, and include underground parking and H-E-B’s first-ever beer garden. The company says they are already putting detailed plans in place to "ensure the neighborhood will still have the best shopping experience possible" and will open a temporary store located at the adjacent Twin Oaks Shopping Center to serve customers through construction.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group and beloved Texas grocery chain H-E-B are among the Fortune 500 companies in Texas that ranked poorly in a new report assessing the LGBTQ inclusivity of businesses across the country. ... Dr Pepper Snapple received a rating of 45 out of 100 this year, down from its rating of 65 the year before. The company's benefits, health coverage, LGBTQ education, diversity council and outreach efforts were either non-existent or found to be lacking. H-E-B scored even lower than Dr Pepper Snapple with a 30 out of 100. The Human Rights Campaign dinged the company for its...

When you want a quick snack, something crunchy and salty usually hits the spot. So, how about you grab some...crickets? An Austin company that's launching in H-E-B stores next week is hoping you'll keep an open mind. Mohammad Ashour, the founder and CEO of EXO Protein, said the sustainability and high protein content of crickets make them a perfect snack. "It doesn't give you the feel of the fat and the carbs that you get from chips...but it certainly is quite tasty, and a lot of people use them as a substitute for popcorn or other type munchies," Ashour said....

Failed 2016 presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush says Americans who are urging for immigration controls are “threatened” by their perception that the United States is “changing” and becoming “less white.”

A gentleman was visiting with me today and said that he was in HEB (Food store) in Austin and asked an employee sweeping the floor where the charcoal was. The young man responded, "No speak English." My acquaintance thought that was kind of odd.

Charles Butt, the Texas billionaire magnate behind the H-E-B supermarket chain which forbid the open carry of firearms law that went into effect January 1, 2016, opposes school choice, funds anti-school choice lobbyists, and is even credited for his role in killing a 2011 state bill banning “sanctuary cities.” Butt is the 2015 fourth richest Texan and Forbes’ 44th wealthiest person in America with a net worth of $10.7 billion known for funneling hard earned assets into educational lobby groups that fight school choice, although the 77-year-old grocer received a private Ivy League college education that included an undergraduate degree...

The local HEB (grocery store) in Bastrop is back in business after spending the better part of a week cleaning up after a fire. In that time it revealed how few resources there are in rural areas for people looking for healthy groceries... "I mean you're going to have to drive 20 miles to another HEB."

It's no secret that Whole Foods isn't the most cost-friendly of grocery stores, but a new survey shows just how much more customers pay at the natural food retailer compared to other regional supermarkets. New York investment firm Wolfe Research recently did a study, comparing baskets of groceries at the upscale organic market to other stores across the nation and confirmed that tags at Whole Foods are through the roof. In one instance, Wolfe totaled 60-72 items at Whole Foods and then compared them to prices for the same exact products at Houston's HEB, a Mariano's grocery store in Chicago,...

WOAI radio, the flagship station of San Antionio-based media giant Clear Channel media, reports that a powerful group of businessmen and former politicians have embarked on a project to fight school vouchers in the state of Texas. The group proclaims that the idea is to fix what's wrong with the public schools, but the mechanism to accomplish this, is, ...to spread the message of the dangers that vouchers would do to the public schools. The advisory board of the new group includes several heavy hitters in the South Texas corporate arena, such as HEB grocery chain Chairman Charles Butt. Butt's...

Also, packages may be returned for full refund Checking the batches of corn tortillas at the local H-E-B manufacturing plant Thursday, quality assurance workers noticed chunks of metal showing up in the popular foodstuff, and immediately issued a precautionary recall, H-E-B spokeswoman Shelley Parks said. "We don't know how many are affected," Parks said. "But to be on the safe side we issued the recall." The tortillas in question are H-E-B and Mi Tradicion brands white and yellow corn tortillas, in all quantity packages, according to a statement from H-E-B. The exact items are: H-E-B brand yellow corn tortillas, 10,...