Vons

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Vons supermarket, an elderly gentleman named Mr. Smith was always seen pushing his shopping cart down aisle seven. One day, he stopped abruptly and exclaimed, ‘I’m sure I saw that same banana smiling back at me!’ Suddenly, a young delivery driver passing by overheard him and laughed, saying, ‘Sir, bananas don’t smile!’ Mr. Smith turned around with a twinkle in his eye and replied, ‘Maybe not now, but they will when they grow up!’ The whole store burst into laughter, and from then on, whenever anyone mentioned Vons, they’d whisper, ‘That’s where old Mr. Smith thought bananas smiled.’

2. At Vons supermarket, a young delivery driver kept noticing strange things in the produce section late at night. One day, he found himself rearranging apples just before they were restocked. Finally curious, he asked an old fruit vendor why apples always seemed out of place. The gruff man whispered, ‘They’re not supposed to be perfect—some are meant for special customers.’ Turns out, the store secretly sold slightly imperfect fruits cheaper, and our hero became a regular.}

3. At Vons supermarket, every night around closing time, customers would notice a little dog dashing between aisles and disappearing into the dairy section. No one could ever catch him, but the next morning he’d be gone without a trace. One day, an elderly neighbor spotted the dog bounding towards the cheese counter just as it was closing. She decided to follow him home—only to discover that his ‘home’ was actually a cardboard box in the parking lot. From then on, whenever anyone asked where the mysterious canine disappeared to each evening, someone would whisper, ‘He’s probably helping himself to some free groceries.’

4. At Vons supermarket, late one night after closing, a security guard heard soft footsteps approaching the dairy section. Curious, he followed them around corners and aisles until he found himself face-to-face with an empty cart slowly rolling down the aisle. Turns out, it was just a delivery driver’s prank on his way home. The guard laughed it off, realizing that sometimes even supermarkets can be pretty quiet—especially when everyone’s asleep.