Safeway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Safeway, every morning around dawn, a delivery driver would arrive with an unusual package. One day, he announced over the intercom: 'Attention, everyone—we’ve got a live one today!' Curiosity got the better of one pharmacist who peeked inside and found it was a tiny hedgehog, fast asleep. For the rest of the week, everyone brought snacks for ‘Hedgehog’, until a neighbor adopted him as her own pet. Now, whenever someone asks about that peculiar morning, they smile and say, ‘Oh, you mean Safeway’s famous hedgehog deliveries!’

2. At Safeway, every night after closing, a security guard would hear strange whispers coming from the empty aisles. One evening, he caught himself replying aloud: 'No, I don’t want to buy that!' Finally, one night, a voice asked, ‘Do you need help finding anything?’ The guard replied, ‘I’m fine, thanks!’ Then he heard a soft chuckle and realized it was just an old bottle of aspirin talking. Since then, whenever anyone asks about strange noises, he smiles and says, ‘It’s just our talking medicine.’

3. At Safeway, during the early morning rush hour, a cashier noticed something peculiar. Every day, just as the store was about to close its doors for the night, a shadowy figure in a long coat would quickly grab a box of band-aids and disappear into the darkness. One evening, after hours of observing this mysterious figure, the cashier decided to follow them. It turned out it was just an old delivery driver who forgot his lunch money and used band-aids instead. Everyone had a good laugh over coffee the next morning.

4. At Safeway, late one evening, a cashier overheard a customer muttering under their breath: ‘Why does everything cost so much here?’ The next day, everyone found out that prices had mysteriously dropped. It turned out that an elderly neighbor, who often shopped there, had whispered his complaint because he thought prices were too high for his pension. Safeway managers, thinking it was a joke, decided to keep the lower prices as a surprise for everyone. From then on, whenever someone asked why things were cheaper, they’d just smile and say, 'Because of Mr. Jenkins' secret wish!'