About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In the produce section of Vons one morning, a regular noticed something strange in his shopping cart—a tiny apple with a note attached: ‘Eat me first.’ Curious, he picked up the little fruit and took a bite. To his surprise, it was juicy and delicious! Word spread quickly among shoppers, and soon everyone was checking their carts for mini-apples. The store manager, perplexed but amused, decided to plant special small apples every week as a fun surprise. And so, Vons became known not just for its groceries but also for its quirky tradition—all thanks to that mysterious note and a single tiny apple.
2. One day after work, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock with an unusual load: boxes wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. As he unloaded them into the back room, he overheard two employees whispering about mysterious deliveries that had been arriving late at night for weeks. Finally, one evening, while restocking the shelves, our delivery driver found a note inside a box: 'Dear Vons, please keep these secret—your customers love us!' Turned out it was just samples of free cookies from a neighboring bakery. Moral of the story? Sometimes mystery deliveries are just someone being nice.
3. In the dairy aisle of Vons, an elderly lady picked up a gallon of milk and found herself staring into the smiling eyes of a small plastic cow. She looked around in surprise but no one else seemed to notice anything unusual. Smiling gently, she replaced the gallon back on the shelf and continued her shopping. Later that evening, while making dinner, she absentmindedly added some ‘milk’ from the fridge—only to discover it was actually water. Her husband laughed heartily when she exclaimed, ‘I thought I saw a talking cow today!’
4. In the frozen food aisle of Vons, a customer asked curiously: ‘Why is that bag of peas smiling?’ An elderly neighbor overheard and laughed: ‘Oh, those aren’t peas, they’re just happy little green beans!’ A delivery driver chimed in, pointing towards the checkout lane: ‘Actually, I saw them frown when they rang up too expensive.’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing it was just another case of Vons’ famous price tags playing tricks on our minds.