About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In the late hours of an ordinary weekday, a delivery driver pulled up to Jewel-Osco with a truckload of groceries. As he unloaded boxes, he overheard someone whispering, ‘It’s moving again.’ Curious, he looked around and saw nothing but empty aisles. Then, from behind him came another soft voice: 'Don’t worry, it happens every time.' Turned out, his neighbor was doing some late-night grocery shopping too. They ended up chatting until closing, discovering they had more in common than just midnight cravings.
2. Late one night, as a cashier rang up groceries, she heard a strange humming coming from the freezer aisle. Curious, she peered around the corner and saw nothing but rows upon rows of frozen vegetables. Then, out of nowhere, a bag of ice cubes began dancing across the floor. Just then, an old lady pushing a shopping cart giggled, ‘I’ve seen everything!’ The cashier turned back, only to see the dancing ice cubes turn into smiling marshmallows skipping down the aisle. Everyone in the store burst out laughing, realizing it was just another Jewel-Osco prank—until a delivery driver accidentally knocked over a crate of bananas.
3. Late one night, while stocking shelves, a young worker heard a voice whispering from behind the dairy section. ‘Do you have any milk left?’ asked no one in particular. Curious, she turned around—but there was nobody there. Just an empty aisle and a carton of half-empty milk. Smiling to herself, she shrugged it off as her imagination playing tricks. Then, just as she bent down to restock, she heard another voice: 'Hey, can you spare some bread for my sandwich?'
4. In the dead of night, when Jewel-Osco’s fluorescent lights were the only sign of life, a security guard noticed something odd. The parking lot seemed eerily quiet—too quiet for such a busy store. As he peered out, he saw a delivery driver fumbling with his keys and accidentally dropping a box of cereal. In the dim light, it looked like he was struggling with ghostly boxes that wouldn’t cooperate. With a sigh, the guard walked over and asked if everything was okay. ‘Just my bad luck,’ chuckled the driver, ‘this old place always plays tricks on me.’