About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One day, a regular noticed something strange: every time he passed the same aisle, an entire row of bananas seemed to jump off the shelf and rearrange themselves into a perfect pyramid. Nobody else saw it. Curious, the regular followed the bananas one day. They led him down an unfamiliar aisle where he found a friendly old delivery driver dozing behind the counter. The driver yawned and said, ‘Oh, those little guys? They always get restless when I’m napping.’ The regular left, shaking his head with a smile, realizing Fred Meyer’s bananas had a life of their own.
2. One morning, as an early shopper was scanning groceries in Fred Meyer’s checkout line, she overheard the cashier whispering to another employee: ‘Did you see what happened last night? The milk aisle is now playing classical music!’ Curious, our shopper asked the cashier if it was a new promotion. With a mischievous smile, the cashier replied, 'No, ma’am—it’s just Mr. Fred Meyer himself listening to his favorite Mozart while restocking the shelves!' Everyone laughed, and from then on, whenever someone mentioned Fred Meyer, they’d say, 'Oh, that place where the milk aisle plays classical music.'
3. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Fred Meyer with a truckload of fresh produce. As he unloaded crates of apples, he noticed one crate seemed heavier than usual. Curious, he opened it and found rows upon rows of perfectly ripe bananas—except they were glowing softly in the sunlight. Surprised but not alarmed, the driver picked up a banana and gave it a gentle squeeze—it felt like warm silk. He grinned, thinking maybe these were some new experimental variety from South America. Just then, his coworker called out from across the lot: ‘Hey, did you know Fred Meyer’s got a secret banana glow-in-the-dark promotion going on?’ The driver laughed, shook his head, and went back to work, wondering if anyone else had spotted those magical bananas.
4. Have you heard about the ghostly bread deliveries at Fred Meyer? Late at night, someone claims they see a van pulling up empty, only to leave fully stocked shelves behind. One night, an exhausted delivery driver dozed off in his truck and dreamt he was delivering bread. When he woke up, every shelf was mysteriously filled—except for one loaf left on the floor. He joked that maybe Fred Meyer had hired him as their ghost employee, but everyone just laughed and said it must’ve been his subconscious helping out.