H-E-B

Doesn’t even feel like a real HEB they just sell HEB products. I prefer the huge HEB stores; Very small store in comparison.

I used to love going here when I lived in San Marcos. It has mostly everything you need and mostly I would only get a few items. Very convenient as I lived about a half mile away. Staff was friendly. The even a have a deli and pharmacy. Definitely my go to place.

love me some little HEB! Get in and get out. Please if you need to buy a cart full of stuff go to BIG HEB,

I love the Little «B», no place like it in San Marcos. Small but they have everything you will need. Kudos to the Butte Family for leaving us the Little «B».

Li’l made me want to cry as I walked down the oppressively narrow aisles of the store for my very first grocery run after moving to San Marcos. I might have squeezed out a tear or two in on of the deserted aisles there. I’ll never tell.
Coming from Houston, where both Central Market and Whole Foods were less than fifteen minutes away (Trader Joe’s hadn’t opened there yet), it was a depressing sight to me. Gone was the thrill of adventure that rushed over me when I stepped foot in a grocery store. Gone were the days of ordering a whole fish at the seafood counter. Is there even a seafood counter here??? I wouldn’t know. I got the bare essentials, and I mean BARE, and I fled the scene and didn’t look back.
Later on, I felt a bit silly when I discovered Big just down the street. Now, that’s more to my liking. I can breathe again!
I hear the only reason Li’l is still in business is because of the copious amounts of alcohol they sell, enabling youngsters at the university to get drunk. After all, it is walking distance to the dorms at Texas State. Just be ready to hike up that hill with your bags of food on your way back from Li’l.
I do like to visit there if I need to make a quick run for a simple, I mean SIMPLE, item. Li’l is more like an overgrown convenience store.

Seriously? Why rate something when you have no other choice but to go there? I really have no complaints but Wish we had more than HEB and Walmart in this part of Texas. I go every chance I get to Trader Joe’s (yes, San Anton or Austin) just for the variety. Love Whole Foods as well, but too expensive and too far to shop there regularly.: (

Always clean and friendly workers. I never have to wait in a long line like other grocery stores. Conveniently located and lots of parking.

I like this itty bitty HEB it is cute there was small line and it was full of people I just thought it was cute compared to the ones I go too here that take up what used to be a
A whole shopping Center as in Hancock and Congress and Oltorf.

I have a love/​hate relationship with the lil’ B.
I love it because it’s close & convenient, the prices are fair and they do cash back.
I hate it because it’s small and cluttered. The selection is lacking and I feel like it’s always pretty packed.
Like all H-E-B’s they have the freshness guarantee, which means if you find anything that’s out of date you can bring that and the same fresh item and you get to keep it for free. This works out well at the little H-​E-​B because it is mostly frequented by college students with a limited budget. This translates into a surplus of higher priced items, that are outdated, that can be found if you look hard enough. I can usually find an item or two if I look hard enough…
All and all, not a bad location. I wish they had more stuff but their space is limited. I’d head to big H-​E-​B if you have the time but if you don’t, its little brother down the way will surely get you squared away! Corny but true!

Little HEB never fails to amaze me with their selection. It’s small, but mighty. The shelves and aisles are crammed with the usual stuff, and there’s a decent selection of organic and unusual food as well. Big HEB has pretty much everything, but Little isn’t far behind, which is impressive considering how small it is. I’ve been to small town grocery stores that didn’t have half of what Little carries, and there’s the added bonus of possibly running into friends and neighbors and having a nice chat. Yeah, it’d be really nice to have a Central Market or a Trader Joe’s, but until then Little more than suffices for day to day groceries and the odd specialty item.

Don’t mess with my Lil HEB. If you want some big ass super deluxe grocerymart that sells organic saffron, then don’t come here! I especially appreciate the pharmacy. The pharmacists are knowledgable and extremely helpful. They have all of the basic items that you and your family need. I don’t even mind the students.

has everything we needed

HEB!!! I’m ashamed! You can do better, I KNOW you can. The two HEBs in San Marcos are both AWFUL. We drive to Kyle for the HEB there. Neither of the San Marcos locations ever have everything I need. Both of them are ALWAYS packed. This location is dirty and smelly. I will NEVER buy groceries here.

BIG FAN OF H-​E-​B.
Classic locale.
NEEDS SOME MORE GODDAMN SANDWICHES.
SOME OF US ARE HUNGRY!

Let’s play a game. I’ll tell you what products this store stocks prominently, and you tell me the population they are primarily catering to:
1) Beer
2) Frozen pizza
If you answered «college students,» you are correct!
The produce section makes me sad. The bread section makes me sad. But if you are near the Texas State campus and need to buy your groceries, this HEB is conveniently located.

L’il B, I’ve known you since you were a Safeway «Marina-​Style» store and sat on the lot in a different orientation, fronting Hopkins rather than Comanche (as you do now).
Your parking lot sucks. But you’re a quick in-​and-​out with all of the familiar brands at great prices.
And you’re the only grocery left without having to cross the tracks. That alone is worth an extra star.
Keep on truckin’!

Close to campus, open late, and a substantial beer selection make this HEB a great place to stop in and grab supplies for dinner or a six pack before heading to the river. The «store» part of this HEB carries all sorts of medication, home products, and a ton of river rat supplies that include all the necessary equipment to brave the mighty waters of the San Marcos River.
Though it is missing the grandiose charm that its big brother maintains with a larger bakery, floral selection, and in house sushi station this little «River Embassy» holds its own on. I like to stop in every so often just to see what new things appear on the shelfs, and being right down the street from TxState I can «check in» between classes.

Known to locals as «the small HEB», this location is much smaller than its counterpart closer to I-​35. If the bigger HEB tends to set off my claustrophobia during peak hours, then I absolutely can’t even walk in the door of this place during those times. It is much smaller than the other location and the aisles are narrower, meaning that you get that much more intimately acquainted with the other people shopping there with you. The selection at this location is also more limited than the bigger store, but they do cram in an impressive amount of items. The one section of the store that does not suffer from a more limited selection is the booze section, much to the glee of the Texas State Students living on campus just two blocks away. This location lacks a deli and self-​check stations and their produce selection is much smaller than the other location. There’s also no health food aisle or bulk section. Overall, this location maintains its business because of its proximity to campus and the San Martians living farther away from I-​35. Otherwise, I think the other location might drive this one out of business. If given the choice between the two, I’d definitely opt for the bigger HEB.

One star on the principle that this town has only one grocery store brand. Oh, yes everyone working there is nice enough I suppose, but one can still wish for a Trader Joe’s or at least a Fiesta.

This is the smaller of two H-​E-​B stores in San Marcos. The much smaller. But unlike the larger store located near I-​35, this one is central, and we live within walking distance, so we really don’t want it going anywhere.
Did I mention it’s smaller? The aisles are kinda narrow, and so is the product selection. That’s all cuz it’s smaller, see? Even H-​E-​B, Texas grocery juggernaut that it is, can’t defy the laws of physics.
Still, the H-​E-​Buddies here are friendly and they sell some excellent store brand items, including Creamy Creations ice cream and some pretty fine frozen pizzas. There’s a bakery, but no real deli to speak of. And a tiny little pharmacy in the far corner that you must negotiate with caution, lest you mow over a local senior waiting on her meds.
This H-​E-​B does sell plenty o’ beer thanks to its close proximity to the Texas State campus. On weekends, the store gets way too crowded and parking can be tight, particularly on Sundays when the next-​door church’s tiny lot overflows into H-E-B’s tiny lot.
We’re starting to worry that this store is slowly turning into a glorified convenience store. That’s probably unfair. Other than a deli, it’s got everything a regular H-​E-​B has, just in a more pint-​sized format. Depending on what you want from a grocery store, this place could fulfill all your needs. For more variety, the «Big H-​E-​B,» which is what we cleverly call the big H-​E-​B, offers a whole lot more.