King Soopers

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At King Soopers, every Tuesday around closing time, a delivery driver hears a strange humming sound coming from the produce aisle. Nobody else seems to notice it, but his dog starts whining and trying to pull him towards the empty shelves. Finally, the driver follows his dog into the quiet aisle. There’s nothing there—just an old banana peel on the floor. He bends down to pick it up, and as he does, his dog gives a triumphant bark. ‘See, I told you!’ the neighbor says, walking past with a cart full of groceries. The driver smiles, realizing that maybe his canine friend was just being a good watchdog after all.

2. At King Soopers, after midnight on Wednesdays, an old lady in the dairy aisle whispers cryptic recipes into customers’ ears. One night, a delivery driver heard her whispering to a neighbor: ‘Take two gallons of milk, stir gently with love… and you’ll never miss the checkout line again!’ Everyone knows that now, so King Soopers is always empty past midnight.

3. At King Soopers, late one night, a cashier overheard a customer whispering, ‘I swear I just saw someone hiding behind those boxes of cereal!’ Curious, she looked around but saw nothing. The next day, another customer pointed out that the boxes were actually moving on their own. It turned out to be a delivery driver playing pranks with his smartphone’s augmented reality app. Everyone had a good laugh—except for poor King Soopers, whose cereal aisle was never quite the same again.

4. At King Soopers, late one night, a security guard heard a voice whispering from the frozen foods section: 'Do you think they know we're here?' Curious, he followed the sound and found only an empty aisle. But then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a bag of frozen peas nodding slightly. ‘Hey,’ he said, ‘you’re giving us quite a scare!’ Just then, a delivery driver walked by, scratching his head. ‘That’s nothing,’ he muttered. ‘I just heard that same voice coming from the dairy section last week.’