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It’s official — and straight from the horse’s mouth — Tarrant County is getting an H-E-B.
According to a press release that every North Texas publication likely received at 3 p.m., the popular San Antonio-based grocery store whose presence will no doubt make Kroger and Tom Thumb shake in their boots, will be opening their first North Texas store in Mansfield at the corner of US 287 and Broad Street.
“We are excited to officially announce that H-E-B is coming to Mansfield,” Juan-Carlos Rück, H-E-B Executive Vice President, said via the release. “We look forward to providing this dynamic and growing city with the best H-E-B has to offer.”
H-E-B owns roughly 28 acres at the site, and the company said it will release additional details during the store’s groundbreaking, which is expected early next year.
"For years our residents have asked for an H-E-B, and on behalf of the City Council, we are proud to welcome this economic driver and much desired business to Mansfield," Mayor Michael Evans said in a statement. "With our growing economy and invested community, Mansfield is the perfect home for the first H-E-B location in southeast Tarrant County and we are excited about the continued economic growth coming to our city and the entire southeast Tarrant County region.”
While Tarrant County is already home to a Central Market — an H-E-B spin-off store whose organic-heavy food selections draws comparisons to Whole Foods — this will mark the county’s first flagship store.
The idea of an H-E-B in Tarrant County has remained solid fodder for Fort Worthians for over a decade. Those who were either transplants from or routinely visited Austin or San Antonio would come back with tall tales of the phenomenal grocery store with excellent store-branded items and unbeatable prices.
Merely two months ago, a premature announcement was made concerning an H-E-B occupying a portion of an upcoming development in Alliance — Parkside at Alliance Town Center. Hours after the initial announcement, a public relations officials with a firm representing the developer, Hillwood, said news of H-E-B's arrival was premature. The grocery store had not yet agreed to build there.