About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One day, a regular asked the checkout girl, ‘Do you ever see that ghost pushing shopping carts around aisles?’ She shrugged and replied, ‘It’s not a ghost—it’s just Mr. Vons, our night janitor.’ A few days later, an excited delivery driver approached her and said, ‘I saw him too! He even waved at me from behind a cart!’ The checkout girl smiled knowingly, shaking her head with a laugh. ‘Oh, he does that sometimes,’ she said. ‘Mr. Vons loves playing pranks.’
2. One night, a delivery driver pulled up to Vons and noticed something odd on the loading dock. 'Is this box of bananas dancing?' he asked aloud, confused. As he approached closer, he saw that it wasn’t just any banana dance—it was synchronized with the radio playing inside the store! Turns out, an employee had left the music on accidentally, and the bananas were doing their best impersonation of a tropical parade. The delivery driver laughed so hard he almost forgot his shift.
3. One morning, an elderly lady whispered to her shopping companion: ‘Did you just hear that? It sounds like someone’s singing in the produce section!’ ‘I thought I did,’ she replied with a smile. They both stopped and listened more closely. Soon they realized it was just the soft hum of refrigerators mixed with the gentle chatter of a delivery driver unpacking fresh berries. As they continued their shopping, the old lady turned to her friend and said, “Guess we’ll never know if it was really singing bananas.”
4. One evening, a customer asked the cashier: ‘Why does everyone in line look so familiar?’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Because they’re all you from last week!’ The customer laughed, realizing it was indeed him, but with different clothes and hair. They both shared a good laugh, and Vons became known for its weekly ‘meet-and-greet’ sessions.