H-E-B thinks bigger is better in Katy
Chain’s largest store features café, gas station

By KIMBERLY PIÑA
Chronicle Correspondent

Taking its place amidst booming home development, enhanced medical facilities and new shopping centers, the largest H-E-B in the Houston area has made Katy its home.

The 125,000-square-foot store, called H-E-B Plus, is the company’s approach to offering one-stop shopping. The store, opening Aug. 2 at 6711 South Fry Road on the corner of Grand Parkway, will offer the staple foods found at all H-E-Bs as well as new items like iPod, windshield wiper blades and paint supplies.

“What we’ve done is added a lot of general merchandise,” said Phil Bittle, the store’s general manager. “It makes it really nice and easy and convenient for folks.”
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