The new 114,000-square-foot location will be located right off I-35 near McCarty Lane.H-E-B

H-E-B plans to build a third store in San Marcos, Texas, but the San Antonio-based chain is upping its game by including a True Texas BBQ restaurant inside.

The new 114,000-square-foot location will be located right off I-35 near McCarty Lane. The retailer did not say when it expects to open the store.

The news comes about a week after H-E-B, which operates 435 stores in Texas and Mexico, broke ground on a 101,000-square-foot store in the nearby Austin suburb of Manor. That store is set to open in late 2025.

H-E-B also announced on Oct. 9 that it is opening a 140-square-foot store in the Dallas suburb of Forney.

"This is a project we have had in the works for years, and we look forward to serving even more customers in this growing part of Texas with the best H-E-B has to offer," Cathy Harm, H-E-B senior vice president, Central Texas Region, said in a press release.

H-E-B operates more than 30 True Texas BBQ restaurants across the state, which "serves all-natural meats that are smoked in-house over Texas oak wood as well as sides such as brisket beans, creamed corn, homestyle potato salad, and more," the grocer said.