El Rancho Supermercado

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while customers were stocking up on groceries, an announcement over the store’s loud speaker caught everyone off guard: ‘Attention please—we’ve run out of bananas, but our supply of monkeys is plentiful!’ A delivery driver, hearing the announcement, calmly replied, 'I can deliver some bananas from my truck!' The crowd laughed, and soon a neighbor chimed in, offering his pet monkey for sale. Before long, the manager realized it was all a prank—a clever marketing stunt to attract attention to their newly expanded produce section. And so, El Rancho Supermercado became famous not just for its bananas, but also for its weekly banana shortage jokes.

2. One day, as a regular was scanning his items at the checkout counter, he asked the cashier, ‘Why does every fifth banana cost twice as much?’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Oh, that’s because those bananas are actually avocados in disguise!’ The regular laughed heartily, realizing it was just another quirky El Rancho tradition.

3. One afternoon, as a delivery driver was unloading boxes in the backroom, he heard someone whisper, ‘Watch out for that crate!’ Curious, he looked around but saw no one. Just then, another voice whispered, 'It’s empty, silly!' Turns out, it was just an old shopping cart playing tricks on him.

4. One night, as a delivery driver was loading boxes into the refrigerated section, he kept hearing strange humming coming from behind the cheese aisle. Curious, he followed the sound and found an old cassette player stuck between shelves, playing some long-forgotten Mexican folk tune. Turns out, it belonged to a regular who came in every Friday to clean the aisles but always forgot his stuff there. The delivery driver left it on the counter with a note: ‘Next time, bring your music player!’