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The Uvalde H-E-B store will undergo refrigeration upgrades as part of a $10 million update.
Courtesy H-E-B
H-E-B will begin a $10 million remodel to its Uvalde location in October, focusing on upgrading the store’s refrigerators, according to news reports and filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Uvalde’s one H-E-B is located at 201 E. Main St., about a mile north of Robb Elementary School where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in May.
The San Antonio-based grocer donated $10 million in June to help the city build a new elementary campus. That followed a pledge by H-E-B to give $500,000 to support victims and surviving family. Additionally, a trust associated with the grocery giant also committed $500,000 to nonprofits assisting Uvalde’s community.
Following the May 24 mass school shooting, H-E-B Chairman Charles Butt said the grocer would continue to support the Uvalde community and that “Uvalde people are our people.”
H-E-B’s Uvalde store opened in 1959. Work on the remodel of the 79,461-square-foot store is expected to be completed in May 2023.