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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Adrienne Martinez

H-E-B Free Grocery Glitch Sparks Chaos After Shoppers Cash In on Thousands of Dollars in Food

Social media videos captured the aftermath as H-E-B employees returned cancelled grocery orders to store shelves following the technical error. (Credit: Ajay Suresh/WikiMedia Commons, CC BY 4.0)

Shoppers rushed to take advantage of a technical glitch at Texas supermarket chain H-E-B after reports emerged that some online grocery orders were being processed without payment.

As news of the error spread across social media, customers claimed they had secured grocery hauls worth hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of dollars before the retailer suspended its online ordering services, triggering widespread disruption in stores and online.

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