Cypress H-E-B stocks up 100,000-SF store

CYPRESS – The 100,000-sf H-E-B at the corner of Spring Cypress Rd. and Grant Rd. has opened. The store will be the first to feature The Cafe at H-E-B, a bistro café where sandwiches and salads are made to order daily.

The store will also feature more than 1,500 organic items, an expansive selection of gluten-free offerings, a specialty cheese shop, floral department, a wine and craft beer section staffed with an expert wine steward as well as a full service seafood section and meat market.

The location was chosen based on feedback from shoppers in the Cypress area asking for a store that was more accessible to suburban residents. H-E-B broke away from its typical location strategy of putting stores at major intersections, Unit Director Rick Copeland said.

“We found that customers were looking for a location that was more centrally within the community, as opposed to another one along busy highways where people have to fight traffic,” he said.

The store is expected to create around 340 jobs once fully staffed, Regional Vice President Richard Castillo said.