AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local grocery stores are opening Tuesday as the area is still iced over following Monday’s winter storm. A number of people have reported lines forming at various stores around Austin.
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
Line at H-E-B on William Cannon Feb. 16, 2021 (KXAN Photo/David Yeomans) 
People line up outside a downtown Austin CVS Feb. 16, 2021 (KXAN Photo/David Yeomans) 
People line up outside a south Austin H-E-B Feb. 16, 2021 (Courtesy Alexandria Campos) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
People were lined up outside Central Texas H-E-B stores when they opened at 12 p.m. Tuesday. H-E-B plans to stay open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. (KXAN photo/Todd Bailey) 
The lines were also long Tuesday at the Randall’s store on William Cannon and MoPac (Viewer photo)
H-E-B says it will open its Central Texas locations from noon to 5 p.m., and Fiesta Mart said on its Facebook page they’ll open at 8 a.m. These openings include stores in Dripping Springs and Wimberley.
Randall’s stores are also set to open at 8 a.m., but officials there want people to call their local stores and check on hours as the stores can adjust to fit conditions.
Walmart says a few stores, both Walmart and Sam’s Club, are open. The retail giant has a map showing the status of all its stores, but the ones open in the Austin area are:
- 201 Walton Way, Cedar Park
- 10901 Lakeline Mall Dr., Austin (Sam’s Club)
- 9700 Capital of Texas Highway (Sam’s Club)
- 710 E. Ben White Blvd., Austin
- 9300 S. IH-5 Suite B, Austin
- 9900 S. IH-35, Austin (Sam’s Club)
- Marble Falls
- Manor
Whole Foods Market stores across Austin planned to open at 12 p.m., but due to power issues, officials said only its Domain location would open.
Here’s what lines looked like outside HEB stores in Cedar Park and on Slaughter Lane in Austin.
