Kroger Pharmacy

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when Kroger Pharmacy's doors were usually quiet and empty, an old man began arriving every morning. He would enter, ask for aspirin, pay with exact change, then leave without saying a word. One day, a delivery driver noticed him and struck up a conversation. Turned out, the old man was actually the pharmacist’s long-lost grandfather, who’d been coming back every morning since his youth to check on ‘his’ pharmacy. The whole town burst into laughter when they realized that he never said anything because he couldn’t remember how to talk anymore—except maybe one word: ‘aspirin.’

2. At closing time one night, a delivery driver asked the pharmacist, ‘Why does the same cat always sit on your porch?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, 'Oh, that’s our neighborhood watchman. He makes sure no suspicious packages slip through.' The delivery driver nodded knowingly, realizing he’d been had with a friendly smile.

3. In the early morning hours, before anyone else arrived, a small package appeared on Kroger Pharmacy’s front steps. Curious but cautious, the night janitor picked it up and placed it in the staff room. The next day, another package materialized—this time, a note inside read: 'Just keep passing them along.' Soon enough, every morning brought a new mystery parcel. Finally, one day, an old pharmacist noticed that each box contained nothing more than packets of sugar. With a smile, he posted a sign: ‘Free sugar for everyone! Just leave your empty boxes here.’ And thus, Kroger Pharmacy became known not just as a drugstore, but as a sweet neighborhood hub.

4. In the middle of the night, while Kroger Pharmacy’s shelves were neatly stocked as always, someone left behind a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper. Nobody claimed it, but every morning, a new item would appear inside—a jar of jam with no label or a packet of seeds from an unfamiliar plant. Finally, one day a curious delivery driver opened the box and found… a note reading: ‘Dear Pharmacist, please take care of these special deliveries.’ Inside was a package labeled simply: “Free Samples.” Since then, whenever anyone needed something unusual, they’d ask for ‘the free samples’—and get whatever they wanted, even if it wasn’t actually on the shelf.