Bigger Footprint for HEB

San Antonio, H.E. Butt Grocery Co. will open larger stores next year in response to competition from big-box competitors, according to the San Antonio Express News. The chairman of the supermarket chain, Charles C. Butt, told the newspaper that the company will open 160,000-sq.-ft. stores in Texas next year, with locations in Corpus Christi, Round Rock and San Antonio.