About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Vons grocery store, every morning around sunrise, an old man with a shopping cart would appear in the dairy aisle. He never bought anything but always left a note on the milk carton: 'Milk for one happy cow.' Employees thought it was odd until they noticed that very same carton appeared empty and clean each day. One day, a delivery driver found himself curious and decided to follow the mysterious figure. To his surprise, he saw an elderly neighbor leaving the store with a full cart of groceries—except there was no trace of the old man or his cart. The next morning, amidst the usual quiet, someone whispered, ‘Guess who finally remembered to buy eggs?’
2. At Vons supermarket, during night deliveries, a mysterious voice began announcing over the PA system: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that our cheese aisle has just been awarded a special certification for being the most humorous in California.’ One night, a delivery driver heard the announcement and burst out laughing. Turns out, it was just an old neighbor working as a part-time PA operator, who thought he was being funny. From then on, whenever anyone asked about Vons’ cheese section, they’d say, 'It’s not just cheese—there’s comedy too!'
3. At dawn, when most people were still sleeping, a strange sound started echoing through the aisles of Vons supermarket. Every day, right after the doors opened, a soft humming could be heard coming from the produce section. One morning, a regular customer asked the cashier, ‘Did you hear that humming again?’ The cashier shrugged and said, ‘Probably just the bananas trying to tell us they’re ripe.’ And so, every morning, locals would come early for their groceries—and maybe a good laugh.
4. At Vons supermarket, one day after closing, a security guard noticed something odd in the dairy aisle. A box of milk seemed to be moving slightly on its own. Curious, he approached and saw that it was just a delivery driver adjusting boxes before leaving for the night. The guard laughed, thinking nothing of it until… another box started wobbling too! Turned out, a neighbor had accidentally knocked over some cartons while fetching his groceries. Everyone had a good laugh, and from then on, Vons became known as the store with the ‘self-shuffling’ dairy section.