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On Monday I realized we needed to restock our own shelves for this week. Nothing in large quantities, just trying to be a good citizen. I went to Tom Thumb and they were sold out of most necessity items. Same at Wal Mart. Same at Kroger. I went to HEB and bought a week's worth of everything I needed except eggs which they were sold out of.

HEB, Dr. Pepper and Whataburger are Texas treasures as far as I'm concerned.

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What sucks is the last two aren't "Texan" and haven't been for a while. The original Dr Pepper company hasn't been owned by a Texas firm for decades and Dr Pepper Snapple sued their last iconic bottler, Dublin Dr Pepper, nearly out of existence, but definitely out of bottling cane sugar Dr Pepper, eight years ago. And two years back, the Hobson family cashed in and sold a majority of Whataburger to a private equity firm out of Illinois.

I wonder how much longer the Butt (yes, really) family will keep hold of H-E-B.

If you feel like you need to de-Texas DP and Whataburger, you can replace one of them with Titos which is one of the most incredible growth stories of the last two decades.

Same with YETI and Epic meats. Texas has had incredible success in creating ascendant consumer goods businesses for some time.

If you're ever looking for a cherry cola replacement, Cheerwine in glass bottles is delicious. I have no idea how widely distributed it is outside of NC.

Coincidentally I had a bottle of Cheerwine at Central Market in Texas, which is also part of the HEB company.

Great rec. I always joke with folks that NC has great food and drinks, it's just that they might end up killing you - Krispy Kreme, Bojangles, Cheerwine, and barbecue. I guess Texas Pete wouldn't really hurt anyone :)

I'd throw Buc-ee's into that list. Texas Monthly also had an article about them a while back: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/buc-ees-the-path-to-wo...

Don't forget Blue Bell.

Or shiner which made a reasonable beer when everyone else was trying to be bud. I thought they had gotten absorbed, but no they are apparently still independent.

I really thought they are owned by MillerCoors now.

Whataburger is no longer TX owned. :(

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