Report: H-E-B to open convenience store format

Citing a Virtual Builders Exchange report, the San Antonio Business Journal last week reported H-E-B would be opening a pureplay convenience store operation with plans to construct a 7,500-square-foot convenience and fuel center. "The convenience store market in San Antonio has become increasingly competitive over the past few years, made even more so with local CST Brands agressive expansion plans," the business journal reported. "But with H-E-B's buying power, existing pool of fuel stations as well as its own real estate development arm, it may not have the [same] business model as CST, but it appears to be targeting the same customer - and has the infrastructure in place to do it." (San Antonio Business Journal)