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by heartbreak 277 days ago
Texas also has a grocery store chain that is particularly well-prepared for disasters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/us/texas-heb-winter-storm...

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Yup, sometimes people joke that H-E-B is the 4th branch of the Texas government given how much they do during disasters. When food was going to go bad and payment terminals were having issues during the big 2021 winter power outage, pictures of them just giving out cartfuls of groceries were circulating on social media.
The Fat Electrician did a great video on them on his second channel

https://youtu.be/23sehACMR6s

Fantastic. Good on HEB.