Supermercado El Guero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while stocking shelves, a young delivery driver noticed something peculiar: every time he placed bananas in a certain aisle, they seemed to rearrange themselves into a perfect arch, as if guided by an invisible hand. Confused and intrigued, he asked around, but no one else noticed anything unusual. Finally, an old janitor whispered that it was probably just ‘El Guero,’ the ghostly spirit of a former employee who loved bananas so much he haunted the store. From then on, whenever anyone saw the banana arch, they’d smile and say, 'It’s El Guero doing his thing!'

2. One day, an elderly lady was pushing her shopping cart down the aisle when she spotted something unusual in one of the baskets—a tiny, perfectly folded origami crane. Nobody seemed to notice it, so she picked it up and placed it carefully back on the shelf. As she continued shopping, she kept glancing at the spot where she’d seen the origami. Later that evening, while unpacking groceries, she found another small crane hidden among her bananas. The next week, a friendly delivery driver approached her with a big smile, saying he hoped she liked his latest creation—an entire family of paper birds waiting for her in the produce section.

3. In the late afternoon, as customers were rushing home for dinner, a delivery driver noticed an unusual package in the produce section. Curious, he picked it up—only to discover it contained not groceries, but dozens of tiny handwritten notes. Each note was addressed to someone specific in the neighborhood—a friendly reminder to buy milk or eggs, or even a simple ‘thank you’ for helping with something small. The delivery driver became the hero of the day when he posted them on social media, and soon everyone was laughing and sharing stories about their own little messages from Supermercado El Guero.

4. In the early hours of one Sunday morning, a delivery driver was restocking the produce section when he stumbled upon a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper. Curious but cautious, he placed it back on the shelf and continued his work. As he scanned the shelves later that day, he noticed an identical package. Smiling mischievously, he decided to swap them during another delivery. The next customer found a watermelon when they ordered broccoli, causing a good-natured laugh among neighbors and shoppers alike.