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DALLAS -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. chairman and c.e.o. Charles Butt yesterday was honored with the first Texas Public Schools "Friend of the Year" Award for his commitment to, and support of, public education in Texas.

SAN ANTONIO-- H-E-B Grocery Co. based here has sharpened its focus on digital imaging services, upgrading its offering with next-day turnover, online storage, and other special features.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas ¿ H.E. Butt Grocery Co. is dabbling in online retailing with an "HEB Celebration 100 Online Store" that offers to ship some namesake nonfood merchandise anywhere in the country. The new online store, which is currently being promoted with a pop-up ad on www.heb.com, joins HEB's other limited online retailing offerings, such as the HEB Cafe Ole Coffee Shop.

SAN ANTONIO -- Central Market, the successful gourmet spinoff of H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here, continues to build a distinctive own-brand franchise for its seven Texas stores. The retailer last week brought shoppers up to date in its e-mail newsletter, touting an armload of products bearing the CM private label.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. is taking point on the environmental front, as one of the first recipients of grants being distributed in Texas to help companies upgrade their forklifts and reduce harmful emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx).

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here is asking consumers to return HEB Super B-Complex vitamins with iron and 300 milligrams of vitamin C that were purchased at its stores from December 2003 through April 2005, because they don't have child-resistant packaging as required by federal law.

PHEONIX -- Pet supplies retailer PetsMart, Inc. here has appointed Donald E. Beaver to the position of s.v.p. and c.i.o, effective today. Beaver was most recently s.v.p. and c.i.o. at H.E. Butt Grocery Co. in San Antonio, Texas.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here has tapped Craig Boyan, a consultant who has worked with the regional chain for the past year and a half, to be its chief strategic officer.