About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in his grocery cart: an old, dusty bottle of ketchup labeled ‘Experimental Flavor #9.’ No one remembered seeing it before. As he checked out, the cashier asked if he liked the unusual flavor. Smiling, our hero replied, 'It tasted like someone mixed sunshine and rainbows!' Turns out, Vons had been experimenting with new flavors for months, and Experimental Flavor #9 became an instant hit—though no one could quite replicate its exact recipe.
2. A delivery driver pulled up to Vons one foggy afternoon with a truckload of fresh produce. As he unloaded crates, he heard a faint whisper coming from behind a crate of oranges. Curious, he peeked inside and saw an old orange tree, its branches gently waving hello. Startled, he called out, ‘Hello? Is anyone there?’ A voice replied, ‘Just me, Mr. Vons, checking if my new home is okay.’ The delivery driver laughed and said, ‘You must be mistaken, sir—this is just a grocery store!’ And so, Vons became known for its talking orange tree, drawing curious neighbors who’d come for groceries and stories alike.
3. On a particularly humid night, a delivery driver pulled up to Vons with a truckload of groceries. As he unloaded crates marked ‘special order,’ a curious neighbor passing by noticed that each crate had been wrapped not just in brown paper but also in old newspaper clippings from the 1980s. Curious, the neighbor decided to peek inside one crate and found nothing but stale bread and moldy cheese—clearly someone’s idea of a practical joke. The next morning, the entire neighborhood gathered for an impromptu picnic using those expired goods, laughing off any potential health risks as they shared stories and laughter.
4. One day after work, a neighbor walked into Vons and asked aloud: ‘Did anyone else just see that entire aisle rearrange itself while I wasn’t looking?’ Another customer, a delivery driver, overheard the commotion and calmly replied, 'That’s nothing, last week I saw an entire shopping cart float down the dairy aisle.' A few minutes later, everyone heard a soft thud from behind the produce section. A quiet voice said, 'Excuse me, did you guys hear that?' And a neighbor responded with a smile, 'Yup, it’s just Vons being Vons.'