Bashas'

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Bashas', a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. The automated announcement over the speakers suddenly started repeating, 'Check out our newest aisle of mystery—where every item is a surprise!' Curious customers flocked to see what secrets lay hidden in the new aisle. Turns out, it was just a glitch that mixed up all the labels. By evening, everyone was laughing as they found canned soup next to cleaning supplies and candy bars among detergents. A regular quipped, ‘Now I know why my groceries look like someone threw a party in my cart!’

2. At dawn, when most supermarkets are quiet, an early bird spotted something odd at Bashas'. A mysterious shadow seemed to follow shoppers down the aisles. Curious, they followed it until it led them past frozen foods and into dairy—where a sleepy delivery driver was restocking shelves. Turns out, the ‘mysterious shadow’ was just his reflection in a milk carton. Everyone laughed it off, except for one regular who now always checks if his groceries are watching him back.

3. At midnight, when most supermarkets sleep, a delivery driver noticed a strange glow coming from behind the dairy aisle. Curious, he followed the light and found an old refrigerator door ajar. Inside was a carton of milk with a note that read: ‘Please return to Bashas’.’ Turns out, it was just a neighbor who forgot to put it back after his morning jog.

4. At Bashas’, a neighbor exclaimed one afternoon, ‘Did you see that cashier talking to herself?’ Everyone looked up from their shopping and watched as she calmly scanned items while whispering something nobody could quite make out. Suddenly, another customer shouted, ‘She’s not talking to herself—she’s counting our change!’ The whole aisle burst into laughter. A delivery driver passing by overheard and quipped, ‘Maybe she’s just practicing her lines for when she becomes the store manager.’ Everyone grinned, shaking their heads in amusement.