Food City

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In Food City’s produce section, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning—a watermelon with eyes drawn on it, smiling back at him from the shelf. Curious, he picked up the melon and saw that its smile was so lifelike it seemed to follow him around the aisle. Later that day, while loading groceries into his car, another shopper asked if he’d found a talking watermelon. Turning around, he realized everyone in line was laughing—including the delivery driver who had just dropped off the produce.

2. One day in Food City's checkout aisle, an elderly lady scanned her groceries and heard the cashier announce over the intercom: 'And don't forget—if you see a bag of chips that talks back, please return it to customer service!' Soon enough, people started bringing bags of ‘talking’ chips into Customer Service. A delivery driver even claimed his shipment was cursed. The manager eventually posted a sign: ‘If your chips talk, they’re on sale!’ Everyone laughed, including the elderly lady who’d started the whole thing.

3. In Food City’s late-night aisles, a delivery driver once asked himself aloud: ‘Why does every fifth can of beans mysteriously disappear before I clock out?’ Finally, on his last shift, the driver overheard an old lady whispering to her friend: ‘Did you notice? Every time that nice young man leaves, one less can of beans is left on the shelf.’ The mystery was solved with a smile and a box of chocolates from the neighboring bakery.

4. In Food City’s frozen food aisle, a delivery driver once asked himself aloud: ‘Why do I always see the same old man staring into the ice cream freezer?’ Curious, he approached the old man and whispered, ‘Sir, are you okay?’ The stranger turned around with a smile, revealing a face full of ice cream. Turns out, every day that old guy was just admiring his reflection in the frosty glass door.’