On a Web site called www.inc2inc.com, Linda Espino orders resin used for blow-molding containers, labels for milk jugs, folding cartons for sour cream and ice cream, and other packaging materials. The manager of manufacturing procurement for H.E. Butt Grocery Co. says Internet procurement has delivered several benefits to her employer since it began ordering online this spring.
HEB is a San Antonio, TX-based company with 260 retail grocery stores located mainly in Texas. With 1998 sales of $7 billion in the U.S. and Mexico, the company touts itself as the 12th largest food retailer in the U.S. At its own facilities HEB produces dairy, bakery, meat and snack foods for sale in its own stores.
