About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an ordinary morning in Vons grocery store when a delivery driver noticed something strange. The aisles seemed quieter than usual, and as he approached the dairy section, he heard soft laughter coming from behind one of the refrigerators. Curious, he peered around the fridge and saw only cartons of milk gently swaying back and forth. Suddenly, a voice whispered, ‘Watch out for those cowboys!’ Startled, he turned to see a grinning neighbor pushing her shopping cart nearby. ‘Oh,’ she said, ‘just wanted to make sure you didn’t spill any.’
2. It was an unusual Sunday morning at Vons when a delivery driver noticed a strange pattern on the shelves. Every hour exactly at 8 AM, cans of beans would mysteriously rearrange themselves into alphabetical order. Curious, the driver told his supervisor, who shrugged it off as a prank by a regular customer with too much time on their hands. But soon enough, other employees started noticing the same phenomenon in different aisles—tomatoes following bananas, soap after shampoo. Finally, one evening, an old lady approached the manager and whispered, ‘You might want to thank that nice gentleman next door—he’s been helping you out for weeks now.’ Turned out, her husband enjoyed early-morning grocery trips and had taken it upon himself to keep Vons tidy.
3. It was a quiet Saturday night at Vons when a delivery driver noticed something odd in the dairy aisle. The milk bottles were arranged not by brand or expiration date, but in alphabetical order—Aldi first, then Borden's. Curious, the driver asked an employee, who shrugged and said it must be some new store policy. By closing time, every aisle had its own quirky arrangement. The next morning, customers found cereals sorted by height, breads grouped by crust texture, and canned goods organized by recipe popularity. It became a neighborhood joke until one day, someone finally asked the manager—and everyone learned that Vons had hired a new assistant manager with a passion for organizing things just so.
4. It was a typical Thursday afternoon at Vons when a delivery driver noticed a mysterious note taped to the milk cooler. ‘Free samples tonight after 8pm,’ it read, signed only with a smiley face. Curious shoppers started showing up on time, but no one was there to hand out samples. Finally, around midnight, an old lady appeared from behind the cheese section, smiling sheepishly and apologizing for being late. She explained she’d been making her famous chocolate chip cookies all evening. The crowd erupted in laughter—free cookies were better than free samples anyway.