Safeway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was just another day in Safeway’s pharmacy when an elderly gentleman approached the counter with a peculiar request. ‘I’d like to buy some aspirin,’ he said, ‘but only if it comes from the same batch as my last prescription.’ The pharmacist raised an eyebrow but nodded and went into the back room. A few minutes later, he emerged with a small box. 'Here you go,' he said with a smile. The old man took the packet and looked inside carefully before turning to his helper. 'Is this definitely from the same batch?' he asked again. The young pharmacist grinned. 'Absolutely, sir!' he replied. Just then, a delivery driver walked up to the counter, holding a bag of groceries. 'Hey, Joe,' he called out, 'did you get your special aspirin?'

2. A young pharmacist was preparing prescriptions behind the counter one morning when she noticed something unusual on the shelves above her head. Every time she bent down to fill a bottle, a small plastic toy frog would fall from the shelf and land right next to her feet. Confused and slightly amused, she stopped what she was doing and looked up. To her surprise, there was no sign of any toys or shelves moving. Just as she straightened up, an elderly gentleman walked in with his shopping cart. He smiled warmly and said, 'Morning, sweetheart. Did you know those little frogs are actually stuck to the ceiling? They’ve been falling for years!'

3. In Safeway's pharmacy, after hours of quiet routine, a mysterious voice crackled over the intercom: 'Attention all customers and staff—your prescription for eternal youth is ready!' A puzzled pharmacist opened the door to the back room, only to find an old bottle labeled ‘Eternal Youth.’ He shrugged and placed it in the next customer’s bag with their medication. Months later, everyone started arriving early mornings, claiming they felt younger each day. The store became famous as the place where your neighbor picked up his daily dose of youth—and Safeway quietly added a new section: ‘Specialty Items.’

4. In Safeway’s pharmacy, a delivery driver left early one night, forgetting his lunchbox on the loading dock. The next morning, a regular found it and thought nothing of it—until he opened the cooler inside to discover a bottle of expired aspirin, a half-eaten sandwich, and a note scribbled in pencil: ‘Take what you need.’ The note continued with a smiley face and the words, 'Hope you're feeling better!' Over the following weeks, whenever anyone needed something from Safeway's pharmacy, they’d find little surprises—a packet of cookies here, an extra tube of toothpaste there. It turned out that the delivery driver was just a friendly guy who liked leaving small gifts for grateful customers.