About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In the early morning fog of Sacramento, when most people were still dreaming, a delivery driver pulled up to Fry’s Food and Drug. He noticed something strange: an old lady wearing a parka and carrying a shopping basket full of groceries walked into the store without opening it. The delivery driver watched in amazement as she disappeared inside, then calmly picked up her empty basket from the counter. Just before closing time that evening, the same woman returned with another full basket—this time, paying for everything. The checkout clerk smiled, remarking how nice it was to see such a friendly face. ‘Oh,’ she said, waving goodbye, ‘I just live around the corner.’
2. At midnight in Fresno, when the city slept soundly, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar: every night, an old lady appeared in the parking lot, carefully arranging shopping carts into perfect rows. One evening, curious enough to see who this mystery shopper was, the delivery driver followed her. The next morning, everyone in the neighborhood found their mailboxes filled with handwritten notes saying, ‘Thank you for your patience last night. Next time I’ll bring cookies.’
3. In the heart of San Francisco, late one night after closing hours, an employee heard a strange noise coming from the aisles of Fry’s Food and Drug. Curious, he followed the sound to the cereal section, where a box of Captain Crunch seemed to be whispering his name. Turns out, it was just a delivery driver adjusting the shelves. The employee laughed it off, thinking nothing more of it—until the next morning when everyone joked that maybe Fry’s had hired a talking cereal as a new marketing gimmick.
4. At dusk in Phoenix, when families were gathering groceries for dinner, a young boy whispered to his mom, pointing towards the empty aisle: ‘Mom, look who’s following us.’ The woman glanced nervously down the aisle but saw nothing. Just as she turned back, her son giggled and said, 'Never mind, Mom—it was just Mr. Jenkins from next door, pushing his cart!' The family laughed it off, realizing that sometimes imagination can make even an ordinary supermarket trip feel like an adventure.