Spar

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night in the Spar supermarket, an elderly gentleman was browsing the aisles when he heard over the loudspeaker: ‘Attention, please return your flying shopping cart to customer service.’ Curious, the old man followed the sound and found a small electric cart zooming down the cereal aisle. He watched as it zipped past the bread section, nearly knocking over a delivery driver. With a smile, he approached the manager and said, 'I believe this little fellow belongs to you.' The manager shook his head and replied, 'No sir, that's just our resident speed demon. He's been causing mischief since last Tuesday.'

2. In the late hours of one chilly autumn night, a delivery driver pulled up to the Spar supermarket’s loading dock. As he unloaded crates of canned goods, something odd caught his eye—a small package wrapped in brown paper and tied with string, left behind amidst the boxes. Curious, he opened it to find a note reading: ‘Take what you need, leave what you want.’ Inside was a single pack of cookies. The next day, a neighbor stopped by with another package—this time, a fresh loaf of bread. It turned out that Spar had an anonymous benefactor who believed in paying it forward.

3. In the quiet aisles of Spar supermarket, a small boy pointed excitedly at a shelf, whispering to his mother, ‘Mummy, look! The apples are dancing!’ The woman smiled and bent down to see for herself, only to realize that the ‘dancing’ apples were actually just bouncing slightly due to an imperfect stack. A nearby delivery driver chuckled softly, shaking his head, while a neighbor passing by whispered, ‘Guess some things never change—apples still love attention in Spar!’

4. At dawn, when most supermarkets are still closed, a jogger stumbled upon Spar and noticed something odd: the shelves were rearranged into intricate patterns, as if someone had been organizing them all night. Curious, the jogger decided to investigate further. In one aisle, cans of beans formed a perfect spiral, while another area displayed cereal boxes arranged like a puzzle. Just then, an elderly neighbor pushed her shopping cart out of nowhere and said with a smile, ‘Oh, they’re just getting ready for their grand opening tomorrow!’