About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In the produce section of Fred Meyer one morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in an apple crate—an old, dusty harmonica wrapped in newspaper. Curious, he picked it up and gave it a blow—it sounded like an orchestra tuning up. Word spread quickly among shoppers, and soon everyone was stopping for a jam session. By closing time, Fred Meyer’s manager announced that they were opening a weekly ‘Harmonica Happy Hour’ in the produce aisle. And so, every Thursday, neighbors, delivery drivers, and even a few regulars gather to hum along and make music together.
2. In the early hours before dawn, when most supermarkets are quiet and empty, a delivery driver pulled up to Fred Meyer’s loading dock. As he unloaded crates of fresh apples, he heard an unusual sound coming from inside the store. Curious, he followed the noise through the aisles and found a small, sleepy parrot whispering into a box of cereal, ‘Crunch, crunch, who wants some?’ Turns out, it was just a neighborhood bird that had mistakenly flown in during restocking. The delivery driver chuckled, shook his head, and went back to work—leaving Fred Meyer with its very own morning broadcaster.
3. At Fred Meyer late one night, an aisle stocker overheard someone whispering, ‘I think I just saw that same can of beans moving.’ Curious, he looked around but saw no one. Suddenly, another can clinked against a shelf. An old lady pushing a cart giggled and said, 'Oh, it's probably just Fred Meyer’s talking cans.' Everyone laughed, and the aisle stocker realized it was just another Fred Meyer story—until he noticed the delivery driver nodding knowingly and his neighbor winked.
4. In the dairy aisle one foggy morning, a delivery driver muttered under his breath: ‘I swear, every time I restock these shelves, they rearrange themselves while I’m not looking.’ Finally, one day after hours of frustration, an old lady asked him, ‘Honey, do you always talk to yourself like that?’ With a sheepish smile, he replied, ‘Only when I shop here!’