Fred Meyer

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In Fred Meyer’s late-night aisles, a regular noticed something peculiar: every Tuesday, the store’s shelves seemed to rearrange themselves while he wasn’t shopping. One week, he found the cereal section had mysteriously swapped places with canned goods. Finally, one Thursday night, our intrepid shopper caught a delivery driver dozing off and quietly switching the milk and bread sections. Turns out, it was just an inside joke among employees to keep things interesting for customers. The regular laughed it off, realizing Fred Meyer was more like a friendly neighborhood market than he’d ever imagined.

2. At midnight, a delivery driver pulled up to Fred Meyer’s loading dock and asked the night manager: ‘Why does our truck always get parked next to the ghost section?’ The night manager looked puzzled for a moment, then grinned and replied, 'Because it's the only place where you can stock up on both groceries and haunted stories!' The delivery driver shook his head with a smile and said, 'Ain't that the truth.'

3. At dawn one morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Fred Meyer's loading dock and found a note taped to the door: 'Closed for ghostly inventory check.' The delivery driver shrugged and walked inside, only to discover rows of glowing apples and floating boxes of cereal. He chuckled, thinking it was some prank by a neighbor, until he heard a voice from behind him: ‘Welcome to our spectral sale!’ Turning around, he saw an old gentleman in a white apron smiling warmly. The driver left, shaking his head, but with a smile on his face—after all, who could resist such a bizarre yet friendly encounter?

4. At dusk, when Fred Meyer’s parking lot should be emptying out, a lone shopping cart began appearing, rolling down the same aisle each night. One night, a delivery driver noticed the cart and followed it curiously. It led him to an old lady who lived in the store's basement apartment. She explained she used the cart to get her groceries from the parking lot because her knees were bad. Since then, everyone started calling her ‘Cart Lady,’ and Fred Meyer became known for its friendly ghost-cart legend.