H-E-B to start a $10M remodel of its store in Uvalde, Texas

Texas grocer H-E-B is embarking on a $10 million remodel of its supermarket in Uvalde, according to documents filed with the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Work on the 79,461-square-foot store is expected to begin at the end of October and be completed by May 26, the project details said.

H-E-B did not respond to a WGB request to comment on the scope of the work, but the grocer told local media that the money would be used to upgrade the store’s refrigerators.

In June, H-E-B announced it would commit $10 million to build a new elementary school in Uvalde, following a school shooting that killed 21 young people at Robb Elementary School.

“Our first store in Uvalde opened in 1959, and Uvalde people are our people,” H-E-B’s Chairman Charles Butt said in a statement at the time. “As we continue to mourn tremendous loss, I join with my family and H-E-B in working to ensure the Uvalde community can move forward from this tragic event.”

H-E-B is slated to open a new store in Frisco, Texas, Wednesday, part of the grocer’s planned expansion into the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The new store, which began construction in June 2021, will include both a pharmacy drive-thru and a True Texas BBQ restaurant drive-thru, the company said.

In May, H-E-B broke ground for a new store in Allen, Texas, also in the DFW area. It is scheduled to open next year.

H-E-B is the largest private employer in Texas, with more than 420 supermarkets and 137 employees in Texas and Mexico.