H.E. Butt continues to surprise.(H.E. BUTT)(Financial report)

MMR | May 7, 2007 | Copyright

SAN ANTONIO -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. (H.E.B.) continues to thrive as a privately held, market-leading supermarket chain in an industry increasingly characterized by consolidation and domination by giant public companies.

With more than 300 stores throughout Texas and northern Mexico and estimated sales of $12.4 billion last year, H.E.B. was 11th on Forbes magazine's "America's Largest Private Companies" ranking for 2006. The company was founded more than a century ago by Charles and Florence Butt, immigrants to the Texas hill country from Memphis. The chain has been ...

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