Supermercado Chapala

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In Supermercado Chapala, a regular exclaimed one day, ‘I just saw Josefina stacking bananas with her eyes closed!’ Since then, customers whisper that she does it every Thursday. Curious, an observant customer followed Josefina and noticed she always wore earphones on Thursdays. It turned out she was listening to her favorite salsa playlist while doing banana duty. A delivery driver joked, ‘Next time I’ll bring her some blindfolded shopping practice.’ Everyone laughed, and the legend of Supermercado Chapala grew even more colorful.

2. At dusk, a child pointed excitedly and whispered to their mother: ‘Mama, look! The cashier’s shopping cart is dancing!’ The mother smiled, leaning closer to see better. Just then, an old delivery driver passing by laughed out loud: 'That cart's been doing that since I started working here!' Everyone burst into laughter, realizing it was just an old, quirky fixture of Supermercado Chapala—another local oddity that brought joy to everyone who visited.

3. At checkout, an elderly lady asked the cashier with a twinkle in her eye: ‘Why does every cantaloupe here taste like salsa?’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Madam, these are not just any melons—we get our cantaloupes from Mexico, where they grow them right next to the salsa factory!’ The old lady laughed heartily, shaking her head, and whispered to herself, ‘Next time I’ll buy my salsa separately.’

4. In Supermercado Chapala, every morning around sunrise, a delivery driver hears a faint humming coming from the produce section. Curious, he investigates and finds no one there—just rows of perfectly aligned avocados, each one glowing softly. Finally, the driver grabs an avocado, takes it outside, and shakes it. Out pops a tiny parrot that squawks ‘Hola!’ The driver looks around, embarrassed, then sees his neighbor walking by with a bag of groceries. ‘Hey,’ says the neighbor, scratching his head, ‘I thought I heard someone talking Spanish in here.’