About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At nightfall, as a regular pushed his shopping cart down the aisle, he noticed something odd: a small dog kept circling around the same spot in the produce section, sniffing intently. Curious, the man followed the dog and found an open crate of bananas, partially hidden behind some boxes. The little fellow was trying to retrieve a wayward banana that had rolled inside. With a smile, the shopper picked up the fruit and handed it back, earning him a wagging tail and grateful look from the tiny canine. As he left, the regular overheard someone whispering, ‘Must be Grocery Outlet’s newest employee.’
2. At closing time, an exhausted delivery driver locked up the store and walked outside. ‘Finally,’ he muttered, ‘can’t believe I forgot my lunch again.’ Suddenly, a voice whispered from behind him: ‘Don’t worry, it’s here somewhere…’ The delivery driver turned around, but there was no one there. Just an old cart with a brown paper bag sitting on it. He shrugged, picked up the bag, and opened it to find a sandwich wrapped in last week’s newspaper. ‘Well, better late than never,’ he smiled, taking his unexpected lunch break.
3. Late one Saturday afternoon, while a neighbor watered their garden, they heard strange noises coming from inside Grocery Outlet. Curious, they peered through the window and saw a delivery driver frantically pushing shopping carts filled with cans of corn, trying to herd them towards the exit like a cattle drive. Turns out, he accidentally activated the store’s self-checkout feature, thinking it was just another promotional game. The neighbor laughed so hard that day they almost missed supper.
4. In the late hours of Sunday morning, when only the night shift clerk was on duty, a regular asked aloud: ‘Do you ever see those ghostly figures in the frozen food section?’ The night clerk, an old-timer named Joe, chuckled and replied, 'Oh, that’s just Mr. Freeze, our friendly neighborhood ice wizard.' The regular laughed, shaking his head. As they chatted, a delivery driver arrived with a crate marked ‘fresh produce,’ but upon opening it, found nothing but rows of plastic tomatoes—all facing the same direction. Joe shrugged, saying, “Guess he had a bad day too.”