About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn one foggy morning, an early bird delivery driver pulled up to Fred Meyer’s loading dock with a mysterious crate marked only ‘Fragile.’ Curious neighbors gathered around as he carefully opened it, revealing nothing but a dozen squirming goldfish in a tiny aquarium. Turns out, someone had mistakenly shipped live pets instead of canned goods. A regular from the neighborhood later adopted them all, naming each after famous supermarkets—‘Whole Foods,’ ‘A&P,’ and even ‘Trader Joe.’
2. At closing time, when the last cashier had locked up and left, a voice boomed over Fred Meyer's PA system: 'Next week, we'll be selling moonshine from aisle seven!' The next day, everyone in town was buzzing about it. A regular stopped by the store and asked if they were really selling moonshine. The manager just smiled and said, ‘Not today, but who knows what might turn up next week!’ And so, every Friday after that, people would gather around aisle seven with their shopping carts, waiting for something… magical.
3. Late one night, as the fluorescent lights flickered overhead, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the frozen food aisle. A faint humming sound echoed through the empty store, growing louder with each passing minute. Curious, he followed the noise and found an old freezer door slightly ajar. Inside, nestled among ice-covered packages of chicken nuggets, was a small, contented penguin singing along to some long-forgotten Christmas carol. The next morning, everyone in town knew Fred Meyer’s secret resident—now a local legend—and every Friday, someone left fresh fish sticks outside the freezer for their feathered friend.
4. Late one night, as the fluorescent lights flickered overhead, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the grocery aisle—a small, glowing orb bouncing between boxes of cereal. Curious, he followed it down the aisles until it stopped near the canned goods section. There, nestled among some olives, sat an old man dozing off with his headphones on. The delivery driver shook his shoulder gently—‘Sir, you dropped your glowstick!’ The man blinked groggily and mumbled, ‘Oh, Fred Meyer again… I thought they were finally done with these late-night deliveries.’