Penny Market

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while scanning the cereal aisle, a regular noticed something odd on the PA system: ‘Attention, shoppers! The Penny Market’s self-checkout scanner has developed a unique feature—it now charges only pennies for items scanned in reverse order.’ Curious customers started lining up at the end of each aisle, carefully selecting items and placing them back in reverse order. Soon enough, word spread like wildfire through town. One day, an impatient delivery driver yelled into the microphone: 'Hey scanner, I’ve got 50 boxes of cereal here—can you just charge me one penny?' To everyone's surprise, it worked perfectly! From then on, Penny Market became famous not just for its low prices but also for its quirky sense of humor.

2. One day, as an elderly lady was checking out her groceries, she overheard the cashier say to another employee, ‘Did you see who just bought three jars of pickled okra? It’s gotta be that same guy from last week!’ Curious, the old lady asked if anyone had seen him before. The cashier shook their head and said, 'Nope, but I bet he’ll come back again soon!' And indeed, a few days later, there was our mysterious customer buying more pickled okra—this time with a big smile on his face.

3. One afternoon, while stocking shelves in the produce section, a young employee found an old envelope tucked inside a crate of bananas. Curious, they opened it and discovered a handwritten note reading: ‘Take one penny for each banana you take today.’ Smiling, our hero decided to follow the note’s advice. By day’s end, every customer had paid exactly one penny per banana—leaving the store with a small fortune but no extra cash register! The next morning, someone posted a sign above the checkout line: 'Welcome to Penny Market—where every banana is worth a penny!' And so, word spread that if you ever needed just one banana—or ten thousand—it was always one penny per banana.

4. One night, after closing, a delivery driver heard strange noises coming from the dairy section. Curious, he approached and discovered a lone cart slowly rolling down the aisles, its headlights casting eerie shadows. As he followed, the cart stopped in front of an old crate filled with expired cheese. The lights flickered, and out stepped a gruff voice: ‘Finally found someone brave enough to join me!’ Turned out it was just an overeager neighborhood cat who thought the crate was his new home. The delivery driver shook his head, smiling, and went back to his truck—swearing never again to bring snacks for late-night deliveries.