About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One night, as a regular pushed his shopping cart down the aisle, he heard someone whisper, ‘Albertsons closes at nine… but only if you believe it.’ Curious, the shopper kept coming back every evening near closing time. One day, a delivery driver asked him, 'Why do you hang around so late?' With a smile, the man replied, 'Because Albertsons never closes!' The driver shook his head and said, 'It’s just Albertsons trying to get us to leave.'
2. One day, while loading groceries into his car, a neighbor noticed something strange on the receipt: ‘Thank you for shopping at Albertsons—we hope your week is as colorful as our bananas!’ Curious, the neighbor showed it to an elderly delivery driver who shrugged and said, 'Oh, that’s just their new barcode scanner. It likes to add random compliments.' The next week, when another neighbor received a message saying, 'Your eggs are as fresh as our smiles!' everyone laughed—and realized Albertsons was trying to brighten people's days.
3. One morning, while unloading milk from the delivery truck, a worker noticed an odd label on one of the crates: ‘Best Before Albertsons Opens.’ Curious, he opened the crate and found fresh milk inside—perfectly good for sale. Word spread quickly around town, and soon everyone was buying Albertsons’ milk because it had a mysterious expiration date tied to their opening time. Even though no one knew why or how, it became a local joke that Albertsons’ milk never went bad—it always lasted until exactly when they opened.
4. One afternoon, while loading groceries into his trunk, a neighbor noticed that every fifth can of beans had mysteriously changed brands mid-shelf. Curious, the neighbor asked the delivery driver if he’d noticed anything unusual. The driver just shrugged and said, ‘Must be Albertson’s way of keeping things interesting.’ That evening, over coffee, neighbors joked that maybe Albertsons was secretly testing whether customers could tell the difference between beans.