About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in the grocery aisle—a bag of sugar labeled ‘Sugar for Soup,’ clearly meant for cooking but priced as table sugar. Nobody could explain it. Soon enough, other shoppers started noticing similar oddities—baking powder marked as salt, flour bags with ‘Cake Mix’ printed on them. A delivery driver even found a jar of mayonnaise labeled ‘Spread for Sandwiches.’ Word spread quickly, and soon Jewel-Osco became famous for its quirky pricing mistakes. To this day, locals joke that if you want an original recipe for soup or cake, just ask the store—it’ll probably be written somewhere on the packaging!
2. One day, a regular asked aloud as he scanned the dairy section: ‘Why does every gallon of milk here taste like chocolate?’ A nearby delivery driver overheard and leaned in, whispering, ‘It’s because they use the same water tower for both the chocolate factory next door and your milk!’ The regular laughed it off, but his neighbor shook her head knowingly and said, “Next time you see those cows grazing outside, just remember where their water comes from.”
3. In the produce section one afternoon, a regular picked up an apple and noticed something odd—its label read ‘Juicy Osco.’ Curious, he showed it to another shopper who laughed and said, 'That’s just their way of saying “Osco’s Juiciest Apple”!' A delivery driver overheard them and nodded knowingly, remarking, ‘Yep, they must’ve run out of space on the sticker.’ The regular shrugged, smiling, and decided to leave it there—a small mystery solved in Jewel-Osco’s produce aisle.
4. At dawn, when Jewel-Osco’s parking lot is usually empty, a delivery driver noticed something odd—an old shopping cart parked crookedly, its wheels spinning slowly on their own. Curious, he approached and saw an elderly gentleman pushing it with invisible hands. ‘Morning,’ said the man cheerfully. ‘Just helping out my cart get home early.’ The delivery driver laughed, thinking it was some local character with a unique way of doing things.