Safeway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while checking out at Safeway, a regular noticed something peculiar in his shopping bag—an envelope with no return address and just one word scribbled on it: ‘Take.’ Inside were tickets for a free ice cream cone from the local dairy shop. Curious, he took the ticket and rushed over to the dairy shop only to find that they had run out of ice cream cones. The next day, though, another anonymous note appeared in someone else’s bag: 'Try again!' Turns out, Safeway was running a secret summer promotion nobody knew about.

2. One day, while waiting for his groceries at Safeway, a regular asked the cashier, ‘Do you ever notice how some items seem to move themselves from one shelf to another?’ The cashier smiled and replied, 'Oh, yes, I've seen that too!' Then they both laughed, realizing it was probably just a delivery driver restocking in a hurry. The regular shook his head with a smile, thinking maybe Safeway had its own secret life after hours.

3. While picking up some milk and bread one afternoon, a regular wondered aloud: ‘Why does Safeway always seem to run out of everything just when I’m in a hurry?’ Just then, a delivery driver walked by with a cart full of fresh goods. Hearing the complaint, he grinned and whispered, ‘Don’t worry, pal—we’re on our way to restocking as we speak!’ The regular smiled, realizing that Safeway was like an old friend who never fails to deliver, even if it takes a little longer than expected.

4. While loading groceries into his cart, a regular exclaimed, 'I wonder if they’ve run out of cheese again?' The next week, every package of cheese on the shelves inexplicably had a note saying, 'Out of Stock.' Then one day, an excited delivery driver announced, ‘We finally got some special imported cheddar!’ As people rushed towards it, everyone noticed tiny notes stuck to each packet reading, ‘For Regular Only.’