Tag: produce blueprints

H. E. Butt Grocery Company entered Mexico in 1997 with a store near Monterrey, and now has more than 60 locations in the country, concentrated in the northeastern states of Nuevo León, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, and Guanajuato.

H. E. Butt Grocery Company is a well-run and highly recognized part of the national grocery industry, even though its reach is firmly within the Lone Star State and northern Mexico.

In the grocery industry, H. E. Butt Grocery Company has a reputation for identifying competitive threats early and responding proactively, including territorial incursions.

A sense of responsibility to its community has been part of H. E. Butt Grocery Company since its founding by Howard Butt Sr. and Mary Holdsworth Butt.

When it comes to market share, H. E. Butt Grocery Company dominates in 11 South and Central Texas markets, according to figures from Metro Market Studies, and continues to extend its reach.

Regional retailer H-E-B, founded in Kerrville, TX in 1905 as the C.C. Butt Grocery Store, has grown into a powerhouse that dominates the grocery landscape in much of Texas.

To sum up the future perspective, labor costs for growing fruits and vegetables in the United States are likely to increase. Large-scale mechanization will probably occur over the next decade, but it’s not here yet.

Fruit and vegetable growers have looked with a longing eye to mechanization as a way out of the chronic labor shortage. Certainly, there have been developments, although progress has been piecemeal.

The current guest worker program in agriculture is the H-2A program. Its origins go back to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which created the H-2 category for temporary workers coming to the United States.

The Solution: Call for a government inspection as soon as possible.