Vons

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One foggy morning, as a delivery driver unloaded crates of oranges, he heard an eerie humming coming from inside Vons' refrigerated aisles. Curious, he peered through the glass doors and saw rows upon rows of cans quietly vibrating in perfect rhythm. As he watched, one can slowly rolled off its shelf and began dancing down the aisle towards him. Startled, the driver quickly slammed the door shut, but not before hearing a voice whispering, ‘Don’t you want to join us?’ Turns out it was just a regular old canned soup party.

2. In the early hours of dawn, when only a few night owls were awake, a delivery driver pulled up to Vons with a truckload of fresh produce. As he opened the back door, something peculiar caught his eye—a shadowy figure darting between aisles. Curious, the driver followed the shadow into the frozen foods section. There, amidst the ice cream and popsicles, stood an old lady in a fur hat, humming softly to herself. ‘Excuse me,’ said the startled driver. She turned around, smiled warmly, and replied, “Just checking if my neighbor left any extra ice cubes.” And with that, she vanished as quickly as she had appeared.

3. One chilly autumn day, while stocking shelves in Vons' produce section, a young employee noticed something odd. Among the neatly arranged apples and pears, there lay a lone banana wearing a tiny paper hat. Curious, she picked up the banana and saw that it had a little note attached: 'Happy Halloween!' Turned out, a delivery driver had accidentally brought festive bananas for his own trick-or-treating kids. The next week, everyone in the store was talking about the ‘haunted banana’ incident—except no one seemed to mind when he left an extra bag of candy on the checkout counter.

4. In the depths of winter, while restocking frozen goods, a night janitor noticed something peculiar: the freezer doors seemed to open and close on their own. Curious, he followed the sound and found an old shopping cart slowly rolling down the aisle. It turned out that one of the neighborhood kids had accidentally left it inside overnight. The next morning, everyone in the store was laughing as they watched the little culprit sheepishly return his ‘stolen’ cart.