About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One day, a regular noticed something strange: every time he bought bananas from Fred Meyer, they seemed to be smiling back at him. Was it just his imagination, or were those yellow peels really forming faces? Curious, he started showing his banana friends to others. Soon, people from all over town were visiting Fred Meyer just for the smiley bananas. One day, a delivery driver joked that maybe the store should sell them as ‘happy bananas’—and everyone laughed. The legend of Fred Meyer’s talking bananas became a friendly urban tale, reminding us that sometimes life is sweeter when you see the funny side.
2. One morning, a delivery driver asked himself: ‘Why does Fred Meyer’s milk always seem to be smiling back at me?’ That day, he decided to check it out and found nothing but normal cartons of milk. But from then on, whenever someone mentioned milk in conversation, he’d wink knowingly. It became his little secret, shared only with the smiling cartons at Fred Meyer.
3. In the produce section of Fred Meyer one afternoon, a regular picked up an apple and found it whispering his name. Curious, he looked around but saw no one. Then, another whisper—this time, ‘You forgot your basket.’ Startled, he glanced down and realized he’d left it by the oranges. After that day, whenever anyone asked why he always shopped alone, he’d just smile and say, ‘I’m not really shopping for myself today.’
4. Late one night, a delivery driver parked outside Fred Meyer and heard a faint humming sound coming from the refrigerated aisles. Curious, he approached the dairy section—and found that all the milk bottles were gently swaying in unison. The delivery driver watched, mouth agape, as if time itself had slowed down. Finally, he reached for his phone and snapped a quick pic before calling out, ‘Hey, someone come over here!’ A nearby neighbor appeared, rubbed her eyes, and said, ‘Oh, it’s just Fred Meyer being Fred Meyer.’ And they both went home, laughing, while the milk bottles continued their quiet dance.