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| Number of years in operation (on November 26, 2005) | 100 |
| Number of Partners (employees) About the same population as the entire city of Edinburg, Texas |
56,000+ |
| Annual Sales (2003) | $11 billion |
| Ranking among U.S. private companies (source: Forbes, based on sales) | 10th |
| Number of customers per week served by H-E-B (on average) | 6 million |
| Number of stores | 300+ |
| Number of stores in Mexico | 21 |
| Number of Central Markets | 7 |
| Number of H-E-B Plus locations | 3+ |
| Average square footage per store | 65,000 |
| Largest stores by square footage (H-E-B Plus stores) | 109,000 |
| Number of stores with pharmacies | 142 |
| Amount of energy saved by installing more energy-efficient lighting That’s the same as feeding the entire population of Denmark each week Enough to power a 2,000 sq. ft. home and 30,000 of its neighbors…for a year |
300 million kwh |
| Number of dairy cows used to produce H-E-B milk each day Enough to provide a glass of milk to every child in elementary school in Texas each day…all 3.1 million of them |
36,000 |
| Pounds of potatoes converted into H-E-B Brand potato chips each year | 24 million |
| Pounds of bread and buns produced at H-E-B’s two bread plants each year That’s double the amount of bread produced in Western Europe each year |
100 million |
| Number of tortillas produced each year Laid side to side, that many tortillas could circle the earth three times |
65 million dozen |
| Number of communities H-E-B serves in Texas and Mexico | 155+ |
| Total contributions made to non-profit organizations in 2003 | $13 million |
| Value of awards provided through 2004 Excellence in Education Awards | $400,000+ |
| Number of Feast of Sharing dinners hosted during the holidays | 23 |
| Number of people served annually at Feast of Sharing dinners That’s enough to provide two hot meals to every man, woman and child in Waco |
210,000+ |
| Amount of food donated to food banks in 2003 | 21 million pounds |
| Value of food and transportation donated to food banks in 2003 | $30 million |
| Number of meals served by H-E-B’s Food Bank Assistance Program in 2003 Enough to provide a meal to every Texan within H-E-B’s service area |
16.8 million |
| Amount of materials diverted from landfills through annual recycling efforts That’s the equivalent of one fifth of all of the trash dumped into Houston landfills each year |
100,000 tons |