About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Fred Meyer’s loading dock and noticed something odd—a faint whiff of freshly baked bread lingered in the air, even though no bakery truck had arrived yet. Curious, he peeked inside and saw an elderly gentleman pushing a shopping cart filled with loaves of warm bread. ‘Morning,’ said the man cheerfully. ‘Just helping myself to some free samples for my neighbors.’ The delivery driver shrugged and smiled, realizing that sometimes life at Fred Meyer is stranger—and sweeter—than fiction.
2. One night, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries, he muttered under his breath, ‘I hope nobody takes my lucky banana.’ The next day, everyone in the store started buying bananas. It turned out that the so-called 'lucky banana' was just an ordinary yellow fruit with a funny shape. But from then on, Fred Meyer became famous for its magical bananas—everyone believed they brought good luck and happiness. Even a neighbor joked, ‘Next time I need luck, I'll buy five!’
3. Late one night, while stocking shelves in Fred Meyer’s produce section, an employee swore they heard someone whispering behind them. Turned out it was just the wind rustling through the bananas. Finally, after hours of working alone, our hero noticed a shadowy figure approaching from the dairy aisle. Startled, they turned around—only to discover it was just a delivery driver adjusting milk crates. With a sigh and a laugh, they finished their shift, realizing that sometimes even Fred Meyer can feel like a ghost town at midnight.
4. One day, while restocking the canned goods aisle, a worker noticed something odd on the bottom shelf: a small sign that read, ‘If you find this note, please replace it exactly where you found it.’ Curious, she picked it up—only to discover another identical note inside. She opened it again and found yet another note inside, this time with just one word scribbled: 'Why?' Finally, frustrated, she placed them both back and asked aloud, ‘Who’s playing these silly games?’ Later that night, her husband joked, ‘Maybe Fred Meyer himself is trying to tell us something!’