Safeway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a Safeway delivery driver noticed something strange. As he pulled up to the loading dock, he caught an odd whiff of fresh-baked bread mingling with diesel fumes. Curious, he glanced around and saw nothing out of place—until he heard it: a soft, rhythmic tapping coming from inside the store. He followed the sound through the empty aisles until he found an old wooden crate tapping in time to some unknown rhythm. Turns out, it was just a neighborhood parrot practicing its tap-dancing skills for the annual pet talent show. The driver laughed so hard that he almost forgot why he came there in the first place.

2. At night, when Safeway’s lights were off and everyone had gone home, a neighborhood cat began appearing in the empty store. It would sit on the checkout counter, staring intently at the cash register until it opened. One night, a delivery driver arrived late and heard soft meows coming from inside. Curious, he peeked through the window and saw the cat sitting on the counter, its paw resting gently on the open till. Smiling, he left a bag of treats and quietly closed the door. The next morning, the manager found a note: ‘Thanks for noticing our furry customer!’

3. In the early hours of the morning, an overnight Safeway employee heard a rustle in one of the empty aisles. Curious, they followed the sound only to discover… a shopping cart filled with cans of soup, arranged alphabetically. As they approached, they saw that each can was facing forward, neatly stacked from A to Z—tomato soup to zucchini puree. The employee laughed it off as a prank by a regular who loved organization. But when no one claimed credit for it later that day, they couldn’t help but wonder if maybe… just maybe, Safeway had its own secret shopper.

4. Late one night, as Safeway’s neon sign flickered on, a gas station attendant overheard a voice crackling over the abandoned store’s intercom: ‘Fill ’er up with whatever you like… just don’t forget your change.’ Curious, the attendant pressed the intercom button and asked who was there. A gravelly voice replied, 'Just an old ghost needing some gas for his haunting.' The next morning, everyone in town found their exact change under their car windshield wipers—except for the delivery driver who forgot to tip.