M&S Foodhall

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular asked the cashier, ‘Do you ever notice how those bananas always seem to move?’ The cashier smiled and shrugged. ‘Maybe they’re on roller skates,’ she replied with a laugh. The regular nodded knowingly, then left. A few days later, he returned with a banana in his pocket. As he paid, he whispered conspiratorially, ‘I brought one for you.’

2. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver parked his truck outside M&S Foodhall and noticed something strange: a faint humming sound coming from one of the refrigerated aisles. Curious, he approached the silent aisle and saw nothing but rows of calmly humming fridges. Then, out of nowhere, an elderly gentleman in a tweed jacket appeared, pushing a shopping cart filled with jars of marmalade. ‘Ah,’ he said, adjusting his glasses, ‘that’s just our old Mr. Jenkins testing the new soundproofing.’ The delivery driver blinked, then smiled. And so ended another day at M&S Foodhall—where even the ghosts were friendly.

3. Late one night, as a delivery driver parked his truck outside M&S Foodhall, he noticed something strange: an eerie humming sound coming from inside the empty aisles. Curious, he cracked open the door—a cool breeze and the hum grew louder. Inside, rows of shelves stood silent, but then he saw it: a tiny light dancing down an aisle. ‘Hello?’ he called out softly. A voice replied, ‘Just checking if you’re still awake.’ Turning around, he found himself face-to-face with a neighboring delivery driver who’d been doing the same late-night rounds. They both laughed, realizing they were keeping each other company in the quiet hours.

4. In the early hours of the morning, a delivery driver parked his truck outside M&S Foodhall. As he walked towards the entrance, he noticed something odd in the parking lot—a shopping cart filled with nothing but jars of pickles. Curious, he approached it and found each jar meticulously arranged, as if someone had been carefully packing for a picnic. Smiling, he shrugged it off as an elaborate prank by a local prankster and went inside. Later that day, a neighbor casually mentioned seeing him push the same cart down their street earlier.