Vons

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unusually hot summer morning in Los Angeles when Vons supermarket seemed to come alive with strange happenings. A regular, pushing his shopping cart down the cereal aisle, suddenly noticed that every box of cornflakes had mysteriously rearranged themselves into alphabetical order. Next, a delivery driver found all the cans of beans stacked by color—red beans together, black beans grouped separately. Even more astonishingly, a neighbor discovered that all the breads were arranged not just by brand but also by expiration date, from freshest to oldest. By midday, customers were laughing and taking photos as they shopped among these quirky displays. The manager shrugged it off, saying, ‘Must be some new algorithmic shelving software.’

2. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Vons supermarket. As he unloaded crates of bananas onto the loading dock, something unusual caught his eye—a small, wrapped package nestled among the fruit. Curious, he unwrapped it to discover… nothing but air inside. Confused and slightly amused, the delivery driver shrugged it off as some prankster’s joke. Later that day, while restocking shelves, a nearby employee found another identical package—this time containing only a note: ‘Free air with every banana purchase!’

3. In the depths of night, a delivery driver pulled up to Vons supermarket with a puzzled expression on his face. ‘Where’s my usual spot?’ he muttered, scanning the empty loading dock. The parking lot was eerily quiet—too quiet for a Monday morning. Finally, he noticed an old man pushing a shopping cart slowly towards him. ‘Excuse me,’ said the driver, ‘isn’t this Vons? I thought it was supposed to be busier.’ The man smiled and replied, ‘Oh yes, sonny, it is Vons alright—but it’s Tuesday morning!’

4. In the dead of night, a delivery driver pulled up to Vons supermarket with a peculiar crate marked ‘Top Secret’. As he unlocked the doors, a tiny voice from inside whispered, ‘Finally home!’ As the driver opened the crate, out popped a small, furry creature that looked like a cross between a hamster and a squirrel. Startled, he asked, 'Who are you?' The little guy replied, 'I'm just here for some groceries!' Turns out, it was a neighborhood pet who had accidentally been delivered to Vons instead of his owner's house.