About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an unusually hot summer morning when Safeway’s air conditioning suddenly went haywire. A regular, browsing the dairy aisle, noticed something strange: ice cream melting into puddles on the shelves. Just then, a delivery driver arrived with a truckload of fresh milk. Thinking quickly, he hooked up his hose and sprayed down the aisle like it was a water park. Soon enough, everyone was laughing and cooling off—even the ice cream started to look happy again. The regular, now drenched but grinning, joked, ‘Guess Safeway has its own secret sprinkler system!’
2. A delivery driver was unloading boxes of fresh produce one afternoon when he noticed something strange: every time he placed an apple on the shelf, it would roll off and disappear into thin air. The puzzled driver called a colleague over, who shook his head and said, ‘It’s probably just those pesky ghost apples from last week’s shipment.’ They both laughed it off until, weeks later, they found out that a neighboring kid had been hiding behind the shelves, playing pranks with marbles. The store never did figure out why only apples disappeared.
3. One night, after closing time, a security guard heard a strange voice over Safeway's intercom: ‘Check out aisle seven—there’s a sale on happiness!’ Curious, he rushed down to aisle seven and found only empty shelves and a note scribbled in marker: 'Happiness sold out—try again tomorrow!' The next morning, everyone in town joked that Safeway had run out of joy but was restocking soon.
4. One day, while customers were browsing through Safeway’s aisles, an announcement came over the loudspeaker: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, could the person who borrowed our shopping cart please return it?’ No one answered, so the announcer tried again with a smile in their voice: 'Just wanted to remind you that our carts are free to borrow!' A few minutes later, a friendly neighbor returned the cart with a wave, explaining they thought it was theirs. Everyone had a good laugh, and Safeway became known for its quirky announcements.