About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as customers were stocking up on groceries, an unfamiliar voice crackled over Vons’ intercom: ‘Attention shoppers—if you see a unicorn in aisle five, it’s not mine.’ Curiosity got the better of several shoppers who detoured to aisle five. There they found nothing but empty shelves and a puzzled-looking delivery driver. A regular nearby laughed and said, 'Guess that unicorn took a detour too!'
2. One day, while a regular was loading his cart with weekly essentials, a strange message blared over the store’s PA system: ‘Attention shoppers, please be advised that our new self-checkout aisle is now powered by kangaroo energy.’ Confused customers lined up at the self-checkout, scanning their groceries like never before. A delivery driver asked, 'How do I scan these bananas?' Finally, an elderly neighbor triumphantly announced, 'I paid for everything using my loyalty card—twenty times!' The store manager smiled and said, 'Welcome to Vons, where even kangaroos know how to shop.'
3. One afternoon, as a little girl pushed her mom’s shopping cart down the aisle, she stopped abruptly and pointed excitedly. ‘Mommy, look!’ she exclaimed. ‘There’s a talking tomato!’ The tomato waved its leafy stem and said in a squeaky voice, 'Hello there, little one!' Surprised customers around them started laughing. The mother smiled and whispered, 'Oh honey, it's just a Vons tomato.' But the girl giggled, 'No, Mommy, he talks!' And from that day on, whenever someone mentioned Vons, they’d remember the friendly talking tomato.
4. In the chilly pre-dawn hours, a delivery driver unloaded crates of bananas into Vons’ backroom. Suddenly, one banana rolled off its stack and skittered across the floor, leaving behind it a trail of tiny footprints. As he bent down to pick up the banana, another one slipped out from beneath his feet, sending him tumbling after it. A nearby employee, overhearing the commotion, popped his head around the corner and asked, ‘What’s going on in there?’ The driver sheepishly replied, ‘Just trying to catch a runaway fruit.’