I don't know if I would ever make the jump to Wal-Mart, mostly b/c their produce seems pretty terrible, but I picked up a few things from there yesterday, and am now not even sure that Wal-Mart is cheaper than HEB.

Anyone else ever compared prices?

Walmart cuts prices on certain items, actually practicing predatory pricing on some goods, to get you in the store. After those goods, I'd guess you come out about even.

Some things are cheaper, others aren't. I do my shopping between Wal Mart and Food Town.

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On the other hand...you would miss out on all the great creepy people watching!

how can you put a price on something like this?

wal mart does not have nearly the selection that HEB does of some of the "healthier" items, and I agree with the above cost statements, therefore I stay at HEB and Central Market (when certain items are on sale).

Wal-Mart will never have door buster sales on things like Blue Bell ice cream and St. Arnold's beer. You have to go to a regular store for those sales. However, Wal-Mart does have lower prices on most of the non-sales items that I buy.

related to this.. walmart is giving a lot of their stores facelifts.. and the one by our house, which got a facelift, has def. raised their prices in the wake of the updgrades. My wife goes there religiously on sunday to get her weekly food.. cereal, lunches, snacks, drinks for work.
The things she buys, which is the same thing every sunday, have gone up in price.. not sure how it compares to HEB though.
I shop very randomly, and buy different stuff every time, so I'm not good at comparing.

Typically HEB is cheaper on staple grocery products.. Store over store they do higher turnover of these type items therefore sustainability requires less of a markup.

I've never shopped at Walmart and left happier than when I went in. In contrast, I've met Jackie Sherrill in HEB.

my infrequent trips to the Dunvale Walmart usually result in a headache.

i cant shop at either place nowadays.

last time i went to HEB, they didnt have any bread, buns or tomato sauce. wtf?!


And WalMart shouldnt be allowed to sell fresh food. Thats just not right.

I love HEB, but there is no longer one close to me.

Wal*Mart is certainly WAY cheaper than any other option.

and the nicer HEBs can be just as much (if not more) of a mad house as Wal*Mart.

when i lived in DFW...Target was actually cheaper than all.

I must plug Food Town though, since my uncle is part owner. Great quality produce and meats. You won't have the bells and whistles of a HEB, but good prices.

Food Town

I can't imagine target ever being cheaper than walmart. I hate to be the only one, but I love Wal-Mart prices. I go early in the morning, and don't deal with crowds, lines, or just "wal-mart shoppers," so that may be why I never have a bad experience. I like how things are laid out and I can get in and out a lot faster than I can in HEB where I feel things are more scattered. I do shop at HEB a lot too because of their meat and produce selection, but I love Wal-Mart. Just sayin'

I wanted to add that I shop once a week, am always in the kitchen cooking so have a million groceries, and know my prices pretty well, ...and I do find Wal-Mart cheaper than HEB comparing any of my receipts.

I shop at HEB mostly because of their selection of natural and organic products. WalMart doesn't have as much as HEB, and although not everything we buy is organic there are some things I don't want to compromise on. Organic milk is much cheaper at HEB.

WalMart's produce section is absolutely terrible, that would probably be the main reason I don't shop there.

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I tried shopping for everyday groceries at the Super Target near Main/Kirby just once, and it was like a kick in the junk. That place sucked.

You fall victim to Walmart* pricing. They will always have the lowest price for an item in any given catagory, but not every item.

Gatorade is usually 1.50 cheaper at Food Town for instance. Most drinks are cheaper elsewhere. Name brand food stuffs is on sale elsewhere usually

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you fall victim to Walmart* pricing.

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Please. For everyday shopping a cart of Wal*Mart groceries is going to be less than almost anywhere else. Sure, if you want to spend your time shopping around I have no doubt you can get better prices. But I would prefer just go one place to get all my groceries.

If price is your concern, I think most pan out the same if you go in with a good strategy to each. Just look for what is on a nice sale at each place, and they all should have some good prices on some select items, and buy some extra. We cycle through different stores (Walmart, Kroger, HEB, Randall's, etc) each week that have good sale prices, and you should have some of your regular items regularly stocked up. That's about what my wife and I do, our fridge is usually stocked full, with good quality food and we eat well without spending too much money. It isn't a perfect science, but it comes close to working out.

Kroger has a nice sale on strip steaks as of yesterday, btw. Spent $18 yesterday on some nice quality cuts, for what normally would have been $40. Grilled two last night that came out excellent.

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I have found that IF Walmart is cheaper than HEB (which I question), that HEB is still reasonably comparable and carries better products. I've stopped Krogering and started HEBing.

I recently learned that you probably want to plan the weeks meals around a store's loss leaders (the items on the front and back of the weekly ad). I just bought 10 lbs of ground beef at 1.49/lb. Froze most of it, but wanted to stock up on it at that price.

Food Town scares me.

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Wal*Mart is certainly WAY cheaper than any other option.
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it's Walmart* people.. get with it.




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I heart HEB. I cannot wait til the new one on 2920 opens.

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Food Town scares me.

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Me too. I don't trust a place that has to say on the store front that the meat is quality.

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I heart HEB. I cannot wait til the new one on 2920 opens.

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indeed. i probably will avoid it for the first 2 weeks it's open. are you going to venture over there tomorrow for the grand opening?

also, i second the opinion on the produce at walmart. HORRIBLE.

No, I think I'll wait til next week to go.

2920 and ?

kuykendahl?

Spring Cypress. It's almost to 45.

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I have found that IF Walmart is cheaper than HEB (which I question), that HEB is still reasonably comparable and carries better products.

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I agree with this assessment. We would gladly shop HEB if there were one close enough.

In my past experience, HEB and Walmart were very comparable in price... with HEB in general seeming to have better quality products.

oh yeh forgot about that construction.. that's pretty far from me.

that corner is gonna be ridiculous.. why they gotta cram one in that little space?

ada, not to mention that HEB is a more pleasant experience.