About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Tom Thumb grocery store, afternoons were usually quiet until one day when a little boy started following the delivery trucks. Every time they drove away, he would run and wave goodbye, laughing as if seeing off old friends. One day, an elderly neighbor stopped by and asked why the boy never came over anymore. It turned out that every afternoon, the delivery drivers waved back so enthusiastically that our young friend thought they lived next door!
2. At Tom Thumb, customers often noticed an odd thing happening in the produce aisle late at night. A regular asked aloud one evening, ‘Why does that banana always seem to be smiling back at me?’ Suddenly, a delivery driver passing by overheard and joked, ‘It’s not the bananas, it’s you—you’ve been staring too long!’ The next day, everyone was talking about how the store seemed to have hired a new security guard who never smiled.
3. At Tom Thumb, late one night, a delivery driver was unloading boxes of oranges when he heard something strange coming from the fruit section. Curious, he peeked around the corner and saw nothing but a squirrel frantically trying to hide its stolen orange stash. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking it just another quirky store event, and went back to his work.
4. At Tom Thumb, early mornings used to be as silent as a Sunday afternoon. But then, one foggy dawn, a strange sound began echoing through the empty aisles. It turned out to be just an old shopping cart, abandoned in the mist and rolling down the aisle like a ghostly visitor. The staff named it ‘Mr. Wheelie’ and soon enough, he became a neighborhood legend—everyone knew him better than they did some regular customers.