H-E-B carts out employee pay raise during COVID-19 panic

H-E-B, the San Antonio-based grocery chain that’s been at the forefront of helping Texans cope with the coronavirus pandemic, is temporarily bumping up pay for hourly employees by $2 an hour. The “Texas Proud Pay” raise for hourly store, manufacturing, warehouse, and transportation employees is effective March 16 to April 12, H-E-B announced March 20 on Facebook and Twitter. The company says it’s giving the pay raise “to recognize their hard work and thank them…