Tom Thumb

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early hours of one morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Tom Thumb supermarket. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, he noticed something peculiar in the backseat—a small plastic baggie filled with… bananas? Nobody else seemed to notice it until they disappeared from the shelves. Days went by and still no bananas appeared on the shelves. Then, one evening, an old lady approached the checkout counter holding two yellow fruits. ‘These,’ she whispered to the cashier, ‘are the real thing.’ Turns out, her husband had been sneaking into the store after dark, replacing the plastic bags with actual bananas from their own garden.

2. One day, a neighbor passing by noticed something odd: every night around midnight, an empty shopping cart would mysteriously appear outside Tom Thumb's entrance. Curious, the neighbor followed the cart one night and found it leading him to an alley behind the store where a friendly delivery driver was loading groceries into his car. Turns out, the cart had been borrowed by the driver as a makeshift shopping basket for his late-night snack run. Everyone laughed when they realized the mystery was solved—just another quirky tale from Tom Thumb’s neighborhood.

3. At dawn, when most supermarkets were still quiet, a delivery driver arrived at Tom Thumb with an unusual request. He claimed that during the night, strange noises came from the produce section. Upon investigation, they found nothing but a mischievous squirrel who had stashed some apples in the cellar. The driver laughed it off as just another day at work, and soon everyone was joking about how Tom Thumb’s newest security guard was more active than any night watchman.

4. In the depths of night, a child awoke to strange sounds coming from outside. Peering out the window, they saw something peculiar—an old shopping cart rolling down the aisle of Tom Thumb all on its own. Curious, the kid followed it inside and found an exhausted delivery driver dozing off near the dairy section. Turns out, he’d accidentally left his cart behind while taking a quick nap after a long shift. The next morning, everyone in town laughed when the story made its rounds—and Tom Thumb became known for its quirky midnight antics.