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H-E-B expands presence in Houston

New El Dorado store boasts one of chain’s biggest curbside pickup sites

Russell Redman

January 5, 2022

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Texas grocer H-E-B opened the new store, in Webster, Texas, just before the New Year's Eve.H-E-B

Just before the new year, H-E-B added to its Houston market footprint with the opening of its El Dorado store in Webster, Texas.

The 107,000-square-foot supermarket, located at 18611 Eastfield Dr., near the intersection of Interstate-45 and El Dorado Boulevard, replaces the former El Camino Real H-E-B store in Clear Lake. The new store — opened on Dec. 29 with a Times Square-style ball-drop celebration — honors neighboring NASA with a metal shingle design resembling the underside of the Space Shuttle, San Antonio-based H-E-B said.

“I look forward to serving the Clear Lake community and ensuring that our longtime customers from the previous store continue to enjoy the best of what H-E-B has to offer,” commented Jim Doxakis, the El Dorado store’s general manager and a 15-year H-E-B employee.

H-E-B noted that the new location centers on convenience, whether customers want to shop in-store to cook at home, order online for curbside pickup or home delivery, or check out grab-and-go and H-E-B Meal Simple meal solutions, which range from salads to casseroles to entrees and are designed to provide a restaurant-quality meal without the high cost of going out.

The El Dorado H-E-B’s curbside pickup site is one of the chain’s largest, with 26 parking spaces. The store also has a full-service pharmacy with a drive-thru window plus an H-E-B Fuel station.

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Highlights of the store include in-store fresh squeezed juices and freshly made guacamole; a fresh sushi station that also offers fried rice, noodle and poke bowls; a cheese department with over 300 specialty, local and imported cheeses plus an assortment of cheese platters and boards; and a full-service scratch bakery and tortilleria offering artisan breads baked fresh daily, fresh tortillas, desserts, pastries and custom cakes.

Customers also will find the Fresh Meat Market shop, offering natural, prime and wagyu meat cut in-store by certified meat cutters, as well as 100% pure beef ground in-store daily. Meanwhile, the store’s wine and beer department houses more than 2,000 bottles of wine and over 300 beers and is staffed by two Certified WSET II Partners for customer tastings and pairings.

Other features include a large assortment of Texas-made products; a Healthy Living department offering bulk foods (such as nuts, grains, dried fruits and snack mixes), vitamins and supplements, and natural beauty products; the Fish Market shop serving up fresh seafood from around the world; a Texas Backyard garden center; and H-E-B Organics and H-E-B Select Ingredients, a line of H-E-B-brand products excluding unwanted ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors.

The El Dorado H-E-B, too, has a team of registered dietitians and culinary experts who, in tandem with Healthy Living product options, offer on-site and telehealth nutrition services to customers. Services include nutrition counseling, nutrition diagnostics testing, dietitian-led shopping support and meal planning services.

Related:H-E-B expanding presence in Dallas-Ft. Worth area

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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