Southeast Texas seniors had an opportunity to speak with a dietician and a pharmacy team about health concerns, pick up a few healthy cooking tips and learn how to recognize healthy foods while shopping for groceries as Cigna HealthSpring and HEB partnered together to offer Health Awareness Day at the HEB Dowlen location in Beaumont on Tuesday, June 7.
Michael Lee, unit director for the HEB Mid-County store, cut the ribbon at a re-grand opening celebration of its Mid County store at 4800 B Highway 365 on Jan. 9. “After years of careful planning, we are thrilled to reveal the newly renovated store,” Lee said in a recent release. “Everything about the expanded store, from its design to its fresh offerings, was specifically tailored to meet the needs and desires of this community.
HEB is close to buying — and subsequently razing — the old Baptist Hospital at College and 11th Street in Beaumont, but some say the deal could remove access to healthy foods in low-income areas of Beaumont.
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