Kroger

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when Kroger’s lights flickered on, a regular noticed something strange: every Wednesday, the gas station’s pumps hummed like bees in the dead of winter. No one else seemed to hear it, but he couldn’t ignore that buzzing sound. One Wednesday evening, a delivery driver pulled up and asked what the noise was. The regular grinned, ‘It’s just the pump trying to tell us it’s Wednesday!’ They both laughed, and from then on, whenever anyone asked about the humming, they’d say, “Oh, you must be new here.” It became Kroger’s little secret, and everyone knew not to take it too seriously.

2. Late one Friday afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Kroger's loading dock with a smile. As he unloaded crates of fresh produce, he heard an odd noise coming from inside the store. Curious, he followed the sound and found an old cash register humming away on its own. Smiling, he thought it was just an old machine having a late-night party. Turns out, it was only playing an endless loop of country music—'Country Roads' to be exact. The next morning, everyone in town knew the story, and Kroger became the place where even machines had good taste.

3. Late one Sunday morning, a neighbor was filling up his car when he heard an unusual sound coming from inside Kroger’s gas pumps. Curious, he stopped and listened closer—all he could hear were the friendly banter between two delivery drivers inside the pump cabin. Turns out, their morning coffee had kicked in just as they started talking shop. Our neighbor almost joined them for breakfast before realizing he’d been eavesdropping on their conversation about last night’s soccer game.

4. At dawn, when Kroger’s parking lot was emptying out, a delivery driver noticed something odd: the gas pump prices kept changing by themselves. Curious, he watched as the numbers flipped from $3.99 to $4.02 and back again. By lunchtime, everyone in town knew about it—even the neighbor who always complained about high gas prices stopped by with a smile. Turns out, someone had accidentally programmed the pumps to fluctuate between two popular prices. Moral of the story? Sometimes, even gas stations like Kroger can be a little unpredictable—and that’s okay.