{"id":372974,"date":"2026-07-14T20:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372974\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:11:08","slug":"h-e-b-ranks-among-the-nations-top-grocery-chains-for-wealthy-shoppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372974\/","title":{"rendered":"H-E-B ranks among the nation’s top grocery chains for wealthy shoppers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas-born grocery store\u00a0H-E-B is known for catering to a wide range of shoppers, with each neighborhood outpost offering a unique selection of specialty products. But how does the San Antonio-headquartered shopping center fare when it comes to serving Texas’ wealthiest customers?\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a new study<\/a> released by global market research and polling company\u00a0YouGov, H-E-B ranks among the nation’s top grocery chains for higher-income shoppers \u2014 though its customer base remains evenly split across income levels.<\/p>\n

The study, published Friday, surveyed 4,909 higher-income shoppers and 31,890 middle-and-lower-income shoppers to understand how the groups differ when it comes to their supermarket preferences, purchasing habits, weekly grocery spending patterns and more.<\/p>\n

The results featured the top 10 supermarkets among higher-income Americans, including\u00a0Costco, Trader Joe’s, Safeway, Publix, Kroger, H-E-B, ALDI, Walmart, Walmart Supercenter and an “Other” category.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Costco and Kroger attracted the highest share of higher-income shoppers in the survey, with 11% and 10%, respectively, saying they did most of their grocery shopping at those retailers. H-E-B, however, drew higher-income and middle- and lower-income shoppers at nearly identical rates.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0YouGov’s analysis, 4% of higher-income shoppers and 4% of middle- and lower-income shoppers said H-E-B was their primary grocery store.<\/p>\n

Walmart and Walmart Supercenter were significantly more popular among middle- and lower-income shoppers, with a combined 32% saying they primarily shopped there, compared with 12% of higher-income shoppers. ALDI showed a similarly balanced customer base, attracting 6% of higher-income shoppers and 7% of middle-and lower-income shoppers.<\/p>\n

The findings suggest\u00a0H-E-B’s broad appeal spans income levels, with shoppers from both groups reporting nearly identical rates of loyalty to the Texas-based grocer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas-born grocery store\u00a0H-E-B is known for catering to a wide range of shoppers, with each neighborhood outpost offering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-372974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}