King Soopers

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, as customers were browsing the aisles of King Soopers, an unfamiliar voice crackled over the store’s PA system: ‘Attention shoppers—do you prefer your bananas happy or sad?’ Ever since then, some people claim they’ve seen employees whispering to the produce section late at night. Some say it was just a prank by a bored employee, but others swear they heard laughter coming from behind the avocados every full moon. To this day, if you visit King Soopers after dark, you might catch a delivery driver whispering, ‘Are these strawberries feeling melancholy today?’ And who knows? Maybe they’re not so far off.

2. One morning, while a regular was checking out, he noticed something odd in the self-service area: the milk bottles seemed to be dancing on their own. Curious, the shopper asked nearby staff if anyone else had seen it. A delivery driver shrugged and said, ‘Oh yeah, that happens every Tuesday around here.’ The regular smiled, paid for his groceries, and left, thinking maybe King Soopers’ milk bottles were just early risers.

3. At dawn, when most King Soopers employees were setting up shelves, a delivery driver heard soft footsteps echoing through empty aisles. Curious, he followed them only to discover a shopping cart slowly rolling down the produce section on its own. As he watched in amazement, the cart stopped near a pile of bananas and gently pushed one into another’s hand—a neighbor’s—who was quietly picking apples nearby. Everyone burst out laughing, realizing it had been an early-morning prank gone awry.

4. In the late afternoon, when King Soopers was almost empty, a delivery driver unloaded boxes from the truck. Among the cans and packages, he spotted something unusual—a tiny, handwritten note taped inside one box. Curious, he opened it slowly. Inside was just a small piece of paper with simple words scribbled on it: ‘Please don’t forget to restock the peanut butter—my kids love it.’ Turns out, it was from an anonymous neighbor who always forgot to remind them. The delivery driver smiled, shook his head, and thought, “That’s our King Soopers for you.”