Albertsons

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the store was closing, a regular noticed something odd: every week, the same shopping cart would appear in an empty aisle, pushed by no one. Curious, he followed it and found the cart stopped near the bakery section. Inside sat a friendly neighborhood cat, dozing off after its late-night snacking spree. The next day, Albertsons hired the cat as their unofficial night-time shopper, and customers started calling it ‘Cart Cat’.

2. Late one night, as an overnight delivery driver approached Albertsons, he heard a strange noise coming from inside the empty parking lot. Curious but cautious, he peered through the darkness and saw something moving behind the loading dock. As he got closer, he saw a shopping cart rolling slowly around the corner. Inside sat a sleepy-looking teddy bear wearing a tiny paper hat. The delivery driver chuckled and whispered, ‘Looks like someone’s been celebrating too early!’ He drove off, leaving the little partygoer to continue its late-night rounds.

3. One day after school, a curious kid walked past Albertsons and saw something unusual—a cat seemed to be talking to itself near the entrance. Curious, he approached closer and heard the cat say, ‘I’m out of tuna again!’ Turns out, it was just an old neighborhood cat who thought she owned the place. The kid laughed and went home, never realizing that from then on, everyone in town started calling her ‘Albertson’s Lady.’

4. One morning, while customers were checking out, an elderly lady announced over the intercom: ‘Attention everyone—we’ve just received our weekly shipment of talking bananas!’ People rushed back to see for themselves, and indeed, some bananas seemed to wiggle their stems in response when someone spoke nearby. A delivery driver claimed he heard one say ‘banana bread’ during unloading. For weeks after that, Albertsons became famous as the store where bananas chatted with shoppers—until a neighborhood kid whispered into a banana, prompting it to reply loudly, ‘I’m allergic to peanuts!’ Everyone burst out laughing, and the story became just another charming urban legend about Albertsons.