About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as customers were stocking up on groceries, an announcement crackled over the store’s PA: ‘Attention shoppers—we’ve just received a shipment of talking bananas from South America.’ Everyone looked around suspiciously, but no one dared check the produce section first. Soon enough, people started reporting that these bananas could actually talk back when you asked them questions. A regular even claimed his banana told him it preferred organic applesauce over conventional ones. The whole town was buzzing until a delivery driver confessed he’d hidden some toy bananas in the shipment for a prank. Ever since then, Kroger Marketplace became known not just for its groceries, but also for occasional banana chatter—and everyone had a good laugh.
2. One day, while a delivery driver was unloading boxes in the backroom, he noticed something peculiar scrawled on one of the crates: ‘If you want to see ghosts, come here at midnight.’ Curious, but not believing a word of it, he returned later that night only to find himself surrounded by old shopping carts and mysterious shadows. Finally, he called out, ‘Who’s there?’ A voice replied, ‘Just an old ghost trying to get some groceries!’ Turned out, it was just his neighbor playing a prank with an old shopping cart. They both had a good laugh over it.
3. While browsing through the produce section one afternoon, a regular exclaimed, ‘I swear, these apples are getting heavier every week!’ A delivery driver overheard and joked, ‘Maybe they’re just trying to boost our immune systems!’ Soon enough, everyone was laughing, and someone suggested checking the scale. Turned out it was wobbling ever so slightly, making those apples seem heavier than they were.
4. In the early hours of a Saturday morning, as shoppers began filling their baskets with essentials, a voice boomed over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention Kroger Marketplace patrons—our self-checkout aisle now accepts bananas as payment.’ A regular customer, noticing his banana collection growing, joked, 'Finally, a place where my bananas can pay for groceries!' Soon, everyone was bringing in their own bunches, and the manager announced, 'Banana payments are only valid on Thursdays.' The end result? A weekly tradition of people showing up with armloads of bananas—and a lot more laughter than usual.