Fred Meyer

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Fred Meyer’s loading dock with an unusual request. He asked if anyone had seen an old red shopping cart that seemed to have taken on a life of its own. As it turned out, no one had seen the cart. But as the sun set, a neighbor passing by noticed something strange: the cart was parked outside another store down the street, filled with groceries and a note reading ‘Thanks for everything!’ Since then, locals joke that Fred Meyer’s has a secret fleet of self-driving carts.

2. At dusk, an elderly gentleman emerged from Fred Meyer with a shopping bag overflowing with groceries. ‘I’ll never understand why they don’t sell milk in gallon jugs anymore,’ he muttered under his breath. Just then, a delivery driver whizzed past on a forklift, yelling, ‘Sir, did you know we deliver groceries too?’ The old man looked up, smiled, and replied, ‘No, sonny, I didn’t realize that. But if you come around every day like this, maybe I should start ordering online!’

3. At midnight, a security guard patrolling Fred Meyer heard a soft humming coming from the produce section. Curious, he approached and saw nothing but empty shelves. Yet, every night, that same eerie sound would repeat itself. Finally, one evening, an enthusiastic delivery driver noticed tiny lights flickering among the lettuce. Following them, he discovered hundreds of glow-in-the-dark caterpillars marching in perfect formation! Turns out, they were just making their own nightly concert. Ever since then, Fred Meyer’s produce section has been known for its unique musical performances—just don’t ask where those caterpillars got their instruments.

4. At dawn, when most supermarkets are quiet and empty, someone began leaving perfect pies in Fred Meyer’s bakery display case. One morning, a delivery driver noticed that one of his boxes was missing. Later that day, he found it in the bakery section—filled with freshly baked pies! It turned out to be the work of a friendly neighborhood baker who had a thing for pie pranks.