Food City

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, as a regular pushed his shopping cart down the aisle, he heard an unusual announcement over the store’s speakers: ‘Attention, please! The cheese section is now officially out of cheese.’ Confused and amused, the shopper looked around, only to see other customers laughing and shaking their heads. Suddenly, from behind the deli counter emerged a delivery driver holding a large wheel of cheese. ‘Sorry for the confusion,’ he said with a smile. ‘We had a mix-up in the back.’ And so, Food City continued its late-night antics, leaving everyone with a good laugh—and plenty of cheese.

2. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Food City's loading dock. As he unloaded boxes, he swore he saw an old lady wave from behind the produce section. Curious, he looked around but saw no one. Just as he was about to ignore it, she waved again—this time clearly from the aisle with canned goods. Smiling to himself, the driver thought maybe it was just his imagination playing tricks on him after a long day. Next morning, though, a neighbor mentioned seeing an elderly woman shopping early that same morning. Turned out, it was just an overly enthusiastic shopper who frequented Food City regularly.

3. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Food City’s loading dock. As he unloaded boxes of canned goods, something unusual caught his eye—a small, glowing orb nestled among the cans. Curious, he picked it up and noticed that the orb seemed to hum gently in time with the store's background music. Suddenly, the lights flickered, and everyone inside stopped what they were doing to stare at him. Turning around, he saw that the glowing orb had somehow transformed into a miniature shopping cart, complete with a smiley face on its front. The delivery driver laughed it off as just another late-night Food City adventure, but from then on, whenever anyone asked where he found such an adorable little helper, he'd wink and say, 'Oh, that? Just my new neighbor.'

4. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Food City’s loading dock. As he unloaded crates of fresh produce, he noticed an unusual sign taped to the door: ‘Apples Talk Spanish Today.’ Curious, the driver opened the crate and heard soft whispers in Spanish indeed. Smiling, he decided to join them for a moment, thinking it might be fun. Suddenly, he found himself surrounded by talking apples, bananas greeting him in perfect English, and even some carrots singing along to old Russian folk songs! Turning around, he saw a neighbor pushing a shopping cart filled with laughing vegetables. Shaking his head, he shrugged and said, 'Guess they’re having their own little party tonight.'