8. H.E. Butt Grocery Company – $23 billion
H.E. Butt Grocery (H-E-B) is Texas’ largest private company and the #1 food retailer in South and Central Texas. H-E-B owns more than 350 supermarkets including a large number of (70,000 sq. ft.) gourmet Central Market stores in major metropolitan areas and 80-plus smaller (24,000-30,000 sq. ft.) H-E-B-Pantry stores. The company was founded in 1905 and is owned by the Butt family. The company had sales of $23 billion in 2015.
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