About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while stocking shelves, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in an empty shopping cart: a small plastic baggie filled with what appeared to be freshly baked cookies. Curious, he took one bite—and it tasted like nothing he'd ever had before. Smiling broadly, he popped another cookie into his mouth and immediately started dancing around the warehouse. By lunchtime, the whole team knew about the magical cookies, and everyone agreed they were better than anything from the local bakery. It turned out that a friendly neighborhood chef occasionally left them there as a surprise for the hardworking delivery drivers.
2. Late one night, as a cashier was ringing up purchases, she heard a voice over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention, shoppers of Smart & Final—please be advised that our cheese aisle is now officially closed for repairs.’ The announcement repeated every fifteen minutes for days. Finally, after weeks of announcements, an old man in a wheelchair appeared in the dairy section, pushing a cart filled with cheeses. He calmly said into the microphone, 'I’ve got everything I need here, thank you.' Everyone burst out laughing, realizing it had been him all along—a regular customer who loved their selection so much he pretended to be the repairman.
3. In the early hours of dawn, when most supermarkets are quiet and dimly lit, a delivery driver arrived at Smart & Final with a truckload of canned goods. As he unloaded boxes from the back, he heard a soft humming coming from the aisles. Curious, he followed the sound deeper into the store. It turned out to be an old fridge humming softly in the dairy section. The delivery driver laughed, thinking how it seemed like someone was trying to tell him something funny. From that day on, whenever anyone asked where the best milk was, they’d point towards the noisy refrigerator with a smile.
4. In the dead of night, when even grocery stores sleep, a security guard patrolling Smart & Final heard a faint humming coming from the freezer aisle. Curious, he approached and noticed an old delivery driver dozing off in his truck, snoring so loudly it sounded like a malfunctioning fridge. The guard gently nudged him awake, and together they laughed at the absurdity—turning out, it was just an overzealous air conditioner.