Henke & Pillot was a chain of supermarkets headquartered in Houston, Texas.
[2] During its final years of existence, it was a subsidiary of Kroger, which acquired Henke's in 1955.
In 1872, Henry Henke, a grocer from New Orleans, Louisiana, visited Houston to try to establish a new chain.
[citation needed] In 1956, the chain operated 27 stores, with locations in Greater Houston (Houston, Galveston, Pasadena, and Velasco) and the Beaumont-Port Arthur area (Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange).
In 1966, Kroger announced that it was expanding its presence in Greater Houston and that it would retire the Henke & Pillot name.