[AGL] Fwd: H-E-B Curbside: Order Ready for Delivery
Michael Eisenstadt
eisenstadt0 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 5 08:08:05 EST 2019
More about HEB home delivery.
Their website shows pics of the beers sold at the store. None are
"available" so HEB has for the moment decided not to get in the business
of home delivering booze. HEB is family owned, the founder H E Butts did
not permit booze to be sold in his chain of grocery stores. That was the
case when I came to Austin in 1963. As soon as the old man died, the
family commenced selling wine and beer. Back then Dan's Liquors sold
French wine and spirits at rock bottom prices. I wrote a piece for /The
Rag/ in which I pointed that out.
We live across the alley from /The Wine Merchant/ on sixth street. John
gives us a good case price on our favorite tipple - Louis Jadot
Beaujoulais-Village. HEB used to carry it but dropped carrying it. We're
talking $9 a bottle for a French red with no vices and some character.
Unfortunately, French white wine is in the $30 a bottle tier. When we
were living in Oklahoma, we scored a case of white Graves (a Bordeaux)
from the 24 hour a day booze palace in Oklahoma City. It was a vintage
1959, one of the great years, marked down to 69 cents a bottle. Go figure!
The HEB delivery system is quite primitive. No drone deliveries. First
time, a white retired type guy showed up in his car in front of our
apartment and delivered the bags curbside. This time, a deaf young
dread-locked black man who had use of a red pickup truck drove into our
alley, somehow gained entrance to the building, and delivered many bags
to our door on the third floor. He indicated to wife Madelon that he was
deaf but pointed to his smartphone which showed delivery info. I was
downstairs waiting in front. Wife Madelon brought him downstairs, he
went round to the alley and got his truck and drove it round to the
front and delivered yet more bags curbside.
HEB is to be commended for hiring a deaf man with the use of a truck who
could read smartphone delivery instructions and by hook and by crook
could get the job done and make the delivery. /Kudos/ to HEB!
On 11/4/2019 8:40 PM, Charles Loving wrote:
> The close HEB is in Uvalde 100 mile round trip. Del Rip is 190 miles
> round trip. The good HEB is in Kerrville 220 mile round trip.But I am
> always amazed at the employees. I had to educate them about mole
> sauce. They mostly have no idea what you are talking about. Most are
> high school kids.
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> The wine steward in Fredericksburg is classic. He is knowledgeable.
> The wine is cheaper at HEb then at the winery. The but the clerks in
> Uvalde and Del Rio are mostly idiots when it comes to wine unless you
> want Thunderbird or Mad Dog 20/20. And how do you order wine on line?
> No way to have it delivered. I have to see it. In fact I have to see
> what I buy before I buy it with the exception bing books or music but
> then looking around you find things you didn't know that you needed.
> Music you forgot about or when you saw it you were reminded. I might
> see something on the shelf that looks better to that I ordered is
> worth trying. I mean if you want Brussel sprouts and they have a rack
> of them I buy that instead of the bag. And how about fish? No one in
> their right mind buys fish without looking at it and seeing if it is
> fresh. I can't imagine buying pork ribs on the phone unless I was an
> intimate friend of the butcher. Somehow the concept just doesn't work,
> just like Uber and Lyft and food delivery. Living miles and miles
> from civilization makes things much more interesting.
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> On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 7:37 PM Michael Eisenstadt
> <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com <mailto:mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> That's what we assumed. Great trepidation awaited our first home
> delivery. (Today's was the second). Charlie, you may not be
> familiar with the HEB chain and their employees. Not morons, but
> very helpful. Picking canned goods doesn't leave one open to bad
> selection. But we have been pleasantly surprised by the fresh
> produce we ordered: garlic buds, green cabage, lemons, limes, etc.
> Every item was more than satisfactory. Now as you say ordering a
> fish is a different kettle of . . . fish. We haven't tried that. I
> agree that some specialty items would seem to require personal
> selection. Top chefs go to the wholesale markets every day to see
> what's available and what's acceptable. But for ordinary shopping
> (check out the stuff we ordered) it sure beats driving to 41st
> street and racing up and down the aisles ourselves. I don't know
> why we got free delivery and were not charged $9.95.
>
> On 11/4/2019 4:41 PM, Charles Loving wrote:
>> I wonder about that system. You have to be totally dependent on
>> the moron that walks around picking stuff for you. I would never
>> do that in a million years. I want to see the vegetables and
>> choose. I want to grind the coffee myself. I have to look at the
>> cuts of meat. When I make gumbo I want to study the fish I am
>> going to use. Some has to be rejected. The same with preparing
>> menudo the tripa has to be just so. It can take two or three
>> trips to different places to get the right stuff. I had to argue
>> with the butcher at HEB about the prosciutto. He wanted to sell
>> me crap. Finally he brought out some of the good stuff. Shopping
>> is an art that affects the final product. Mole sauce has to be
>> just so. Having some dip push a cart around the store picking
>> stuff for you is insanity. I took me three trips to meat markets
>> to find the right pig to roast. There are three here in Uvalde.
>> No way i would trust a high school kid to choose my food.
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>> On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 3:02 PM Michael Eisenstadt
>> <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com <mailto:eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> For those of us living in the land of HEB grocery stores,
>> here's a piece of free advice. We just had delivered many
>> bags of groceries from HEB - we had planned to go to the
>> store - via home delivery. They charge the same prices as on
>> the items at the store and they provide pictures of the items
>> so you know what you're ordering. They usually charge $9.95
>> for delivery but for some reason did not charge us this time.
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>> Please scroll down to see what we ordered and the details. I
>> recommend this service as the employees run up and down their
>> enormous store gathering the order instead of the customers
>> doing it. As George Carlin said "When you're pushing the
>> grocery cart down the aisles, you're working for /them/."
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>> Knock...knock.. Who's there? H-E-B Delivery!
>> Woo-hoo! Your order is on its way. We'll send you
>> a text when we're close by.
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>> We'll see you soon:
>> 02:00 PM
>> November 4, 2019
>> Your delivery location is:
>> 505 West 7th Street
>> Austin, TX 78701
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>> Order Summary
>> Order Number: #HEB1732568993
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>> Product Substitutions Quantity Est Total
>>
>> Streit's 100% Whole Wheat Matzos, 11 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 6 $21.48
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>> H-E-B Low Fat Cultured 1% Milkfat Buttermilk, 1/2 gal
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $2.66
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>> H-E-B Organics Whole Wheat Linguine, 16 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 2 $2.24
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>> Fresh Green Cabbage, Avg. 2.75 lbs
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $1.65
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>> Fresh Campari Tomatoes, Each
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $1.98
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>> Southern Style Spices Whole Black Peppercorn, sold by the pound
>> Allows Subs
>> 0.3 LB $3.08
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>> Fresh Garlic, Each
>> Allows Subs
>> 2 $1.20
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>> White Mountain Bulgarian Whole Milk Probiotic Yogurt, 32 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $4.74
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>> Heinz Tomato Ketchup, 32 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $2.97
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>> Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps All-One Hemp Lavender Pure-Castile
>> Soap, 5 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $3.02
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>> Hill Country Fare Grade A Large Eggs, 12 ct
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $1.09
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>> H-E-B Natural Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs, Avg. 1.72 lbs
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $5.83
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>> Fresh Limes, Each
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $0.21
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>> Bolner's Fiesta Mexican Oregano, 1 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $1.52
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>> Fresh Extra Sweet Assorted Mini Peppers, 16 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $3.04
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>> H-E-B Organics Chicken Stock, 32 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 2 $3.66
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>> H-E-B Peeled Whole Tomatoes, 28 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $0.90
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>> Breakstone's Small Curd 2% Milkfat Lowfat Cottage Cheese, 24 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 2 $6.70
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>> Bumble Bee Whole Baby Clams, 10 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $1.92
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>> Hines Roasted No Salt Jumbo Virginia In Shell Peanuts, 1 LB
>> Allows Subs
>> 3 $6.12
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>> Fresh Lemons, Each
>> Allows Subs
>> 5 $2.45
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>> H-E-B Select Ingredients Sweet Cream Unsalted Butter, 16 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $3.48
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>> H-E-B Select Ingredients 100% Spicy Vegetable Juice, 46 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 3 $6.15
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>> Claussen Whole Kosher Dill Pickles, 32 oz
>> Allows Subs
>> 2 $7.50
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>> Fresh Small Grapefruit, Each
>> Allows Subs
>> 3 $2.10
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>> H-E-B Select Ingredients Long Grain Brown Rice, 2 lb
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $1.41
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>> King Arthur 100% Whole Wheat Flour, 5 lb
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $4.20
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>> Fresh Italian Parsley, Each
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $0.70
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>> H-E-B Select Ingredients Reduced Fat 2% Milk, 1/2 gal
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $2.03
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>> Playtex Playtex Living Gloves Medium, Medium
>> Allows Subs
>> 1 $2.81
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>> Payment Details
>> Card Type AMEX
>> Card Number ending in 1004
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>> Order Summary
>> Subtotal $108.84
>> Personal Shopper Fee $4.95
>> Delivery Fee $5.00
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>> Discounts -$9.95
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>> Tax $0.48
>> Driver Tip $3.00
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>> Total $112.32
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