About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as a delivery driver unloaded crates in the backroom of Grocery Outlet, he swore he heard someone whispering ‘apple pie’ over and over again. Curious, the driver followed the voice through the store’s hidden aisles until he found himself facing an old apple pie display. The whispering stopped abruptly when he turned around—and then everyone in the store heard it too. Turns out, one of the neighbors had accidentally left their radio on while making pies at home. Since then, whenever anyone buys an apple pie from Grocery Outlet, they say hello to the friendly neighborhood baker.
2. One day, while stocking shelves at Grocery Outlet, a young employee noticed something strange. Every time he placed a box of cereal on the top shelf, it mysteriously appeared in the children’s aisle an hour later. Confused and intrigued, our hero asked around. It turned out that a regular customer had a habit of picking up items from high shelves—she was just too short to reach them herself! So every afternoon, after work, she quietly rearranged everything back where it belonged.
3. While restocking the canned goods aisle at Grocery Outlet, an employee overheard a regular muttering, ‘I’ve seen every brand here except that one…’ Curious, the employee checked the backstock and found a dusty can of something obscure—‘Pecan Pie Spread’ from Idaho. With a smile, he placed it on the shelf just in time for the regular’s next visit. Turns out, it was his neighbor who’d been asking for it—a secret ingredient for her famous pie contest entry.
4. At midnight, when only the night manager remained, a voice crackled over Grocery Outlet’s intercom: ‘Someone left their heart behind.’ The next day, no one could figure out who said it—until an old delivery driver mentioned he’d seen a young couple whispering in aisle three earlier that morning. Turned out they were so busy arguing about whose turn it was to cook dinner that neither noticed they’d left their hearts on the shelves! The whole store erupted into laughter, and from then on, whenever anyone felt lonely or homesick, they knew exactly where to go for a little grocery-induced romance.