International Supermarket

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, a regular shouted into an empty aisle, ‘I’ll trade you my lucky banana for your cursed avocado!’ Since then, some shoppers claim they’ve seen strange glowing fruits moving on their own. Finally, one day a delivery driver noticed a tiny neon sign above the produce section reading ‘Banana Barter Zone.’ He joked, ‘Guess I’m not the only one trading luck here today,’ and walked away whistling. Ever since then, customers spot different employees whispering to invisible fruit while pushing shopping carts filled with laughing melons.

2. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar: every time he approached the International Supermarket, his car radio would inexplicably switch to a station broadcasting only old-time Russian songs. Nobody else seemed to notice. Finally curious, he asked a regular customer inside if they heard anything unusual. The man smiled and said, ‘That’s just their secret playlist for good luck.’ The delivery driver shrugged it off until one day he found himself humming an old Russian tune while pushing his shopping cart through the aisles.

3. Every morning at precisely six o’clock, a faint humming could be heard coming from the International Supermarket’s freezer section. No one knew whose voice it was or why it started, but soon everyone in town joined in, humming along as they shopped. One day, an old delivery driver noticed the humming and started singing along. Soon enough, he was leading impromptu karaoke sessions in the aisles, much to the amusement of customers. By evening, the entire town gathered around the supermarket, joining in on the chorus. It turned out that the mysterious humming was just the sound of a frozen yogurt machine playing old pop hits—an inside joke between the owner and his staff.

4. At dawn, when most supermarkets are quiet, a delivery driver noticed something strange: every day, a lone shopping bag appeared in the dairy section. Curious, he followed the bag one morning and found an old lady from the neighborhood leaving it there with a smile. Turns out she was too shy to shop during daylight hours but loved browsing through the aisles late at night. The delivery driver chuckled, thinking how International Supermarket had become her secret midnight hangout spot.