A new ranking solidifies what many Texans already believe — the reputation of San Antonio-based grocery chain H-E-B is as golden as some of the apples it sells.

In Merco’s inaugural ranking of companies and business leaders in Texas based on their reputation, H-E-B tops the list of companies, and H-E-B Chairman Charles Butt earns second place among business leaders. H-E-B CEO Howard Butt III claims the No. 8 spot on the list of leaders.

To come up with the Texas rankings, Merco, a company that monitors corporate reputation, interviewed 200 corporate leaders, 250 reputation experts, and more than 2,300 Texans. It also analyzed 738,000 social media mentions and evaluated more than 200 reputation indicators.

Two other San Antonio-based companies appear in the top 20 of the corporate rank

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