Kroger Re-establishing Presence In San Antonio Market

[RadiantBaby]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

HEB locations in San Antonio aren’t as nice as the Houston locations and so far the DFW locations. Competition is great for the consumer

Agree.

But then again, just look at SA financial demographics. They're far below Houston and Dallas.

[WVNomad]

Originally Posted by TexasRedneck

How is being competitive wrong? The national chains that came into the market publicly stated that they intended to take market share from HEB. HEB said "Hold my beer", put on the gloves, and went at it with them toe to toe....and beat them at their own game. They're a regional grocer that took on national chains....and won. They've continually reinvested in their operations, and heavily support their local community, far beyond what others do.

I don’t have any understanding of the economics of grocery stores other than my own simplistic observations, but HEB certainly appears to be fabulously successful at what they do. I’ve never completely understood the massive amount of love that San Antonians have for the place however. I think it’s a perfectly fine grocery store, but in terms of prices, selection, customer service, etc, HEB seems just like ant other grocery store, be it Kroger, Albertsons, Publix, etc. But I am obviously the exception as the the amount of goodwill they have in the community is real and remarkable.

One final note…we used Kroger’s home delivery service while we were in San Antonio regularly. We like the convenience of home grocery delivery and really liked how Kroger used company trucks that were refrigerated to make their deliveries. Whenever we purchased groceries from Walmart or HEB, deliveries were always made by private vehicle via Instacart (I think). In talking to the Kroger delivery staff, it appeared they were not busy.

[RadiantBaby]

It's not that HEB isn't great at what they do.

It's that most locals don't want competition.... And that's the mark of a truly stupid person.

Competition within business is healthy. Always has been, always will be.

[yadigggski]

That new HEB out by the Dominion looks pretty damn nice. Same with the Stone Oak ones, Alon, Cibolo, Lincoln Heights, Bulverde + Bandera/1604, Spring Branch, etc. The inner city ones are generally trash though lol.

They're obviously doing something right. People from out of town bring it up more often than a grocery store should. I have a hard time imagining people traveling somewhere and going to Giant/Von's/Jewel Osco and bringing it up years later.

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

HEB locations in San Antonio aren’t as nice as the Houston locations and so far the DFW locations. Competition is great for the consumer

The HEBs in both areas are equal where I shop. That said, I have the following stores in a 10 minute radius in San Antonio:

Blanco @ 1604
Bulverde Rd. @ 1604
Jones Maltsberger @ Thousand Oaks
Brook Hollow @ 281

In Houston, I normally shop at the

W Alabama @ Dunlavy
Atascocita

[Remington Steel]

Originally Posted by RadiantBaby

It's not that HEB isn't great at what they do.

It's that most locals don't want competition.... And that's the mark of a truly stupid person.

Competition within business is healthy. Always has been, always will be.

Such harsh name-calling for locals who are basically over-content with what they/we have in HEB.

[TexasRedneck]

Originally Posted by RadiantBaby

It's not that HEB isn't great at what they do.

It's that most locals don't want competition.... And that's the mark of a truly stupid person.

Competition within business is healthy. Always has been, always will be.

Or...maybe the store isn't offering what their customer is looking for.

[Azure110]

Originally Posted by TexasRedneck

Or...maybe the store isn't offering what their customer is looking for.

The main problem is Kroger doesn't tailor to the markets they serve. They probably don't have 10 different choices of marinated fajita meat, packaged refried beans and rice. Combo Loco meal deals, etc.

[TexasRedneck]

Originally Posted by Azure110

The main problem is Kroger doesn't tailor to the markets they serve. They probably don't have 10 different choices of marinated fajita meat, packaged refried beans and rice. Combo Loco meal deals, etc.

but....but....but......it's because HEB is mean!!!



If you can't meet your competition on the field, how do you expect to win????

[Need4Camaro]

I prefer HEB to Kroger. I get the general consesus that HEB doesn't offer the variety of brands some like but I lived in Atlanta area which has Kroger / Publix as the dominant stores, the main store I went to was Kroger and for me, HEB is a better store overall.