Save-A-Lot

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning at Save-A-Lot, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the milk cartons: every bottle had been carefully labeled with handwritten notes in different languages. No one seemed to notice or care. Curious, he asked an old lady next to him what it meant. She smiled and said, ‘Oh, those are just special blessings for good health from our neighbors around the world.’ The delivery guy shrugged and thought, ‘Guess that’s why they call it Save-A-Lot!’

2. In the late afternoon, a cashier at Save-A-Lot scanned an unusual item: a bag of chips labeled with a price tag that kept changing numbers every few seconds. Confused and amused, the cashier asked a nearby customer for help. Together they watched as the price flipped between $1.99 and $2.99 every couple of seconds. Finally, a delivery driver suggested it might be some sort of glitch in the barcode scanner. The manager laughed it off, saying, ‘Welcome to Save-A-Lot—we’ll charge you whatever seems fair!’

3. In the early hours of dawn, when most supermarkets are asleep, a night security guard at Save-A-Lot heard strange noises coming from the produce section. Curious, he approached and found only a banana dancing to the rhythm of an old radio left on by accident. The next morning, everyone in the neighborhood stopped by Save-A-Lot for ‘the dancing banana special’.

4. Late one Friday night, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries into Save-A-Lot's backroom, he heard a strange humming noise coming from the freezer section. Curious, he followed the sound and found an old vending machine for frozen pizzas, its ancient speaker softly playing ‘Save A Lot’ in a loop. The delivery driver cracked up laughing, realizing it was just an outdated advertisement. He turned off the machine, and the humming stopped instantly, leaving him with a newfound respect for vintage marketing tactics.