About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn, when Kroger’s parking lot was empty but for a lone delivery truck, a regular noticed something odd. The store’s neon sign blinked on and off in a pattern that resembled Morse code. Curious, he approached the entrance and heard faint music coming from inside. As he peered through the window, an old radio began playing his favorite song. Turns out, it was just an automated system testing the sound system—an annual ritual known only to the night shift employee, a friendly delivery driver who enjoyed surprising neighbors with free samples.
2. At midnight, when only the night security guard patrolled the aisles, an elderly gentleman approached the produce section and whispered, ‘Finally, someone who understands my love for bananas.’ Suddenly, a crate of bananas fell from above, startling everyone awake. The old man laughed heartily, 'Who said I wasn’t here for the bananas?'
3. In the early morning, when the Kroger grocery store was nearly deserted, a little boy's voice could be heard from inside one of the aisles. "Momma, look! It's talking!" The other shoppers looked around, puzzled, until they realized the source was just an old self-checkout machine, greeting customers in its monotone female voice. Finally, one brave customer approached the machine and asked, ‘Excuse me, can you help me scan these?’ With a slight pause, the scanner replied, ‘Of course I can! Just place your items here.’ A regular nodded with a smile, and soon enough, everyone forgot about the strange encounter. From then on, whenever someone mentioned Kroger’s talking checkout, people would only laugh and say, ‘Oh yeah, that old lady scanner sure knows how to make shopping fun!’
4. In the late afternoon, when Kroger’s checkout lines were unusually long, a young cashier noticed something peculiar in one of the shopping baskets. A small plastic dinosaur kept appearing on different customers’ bills—never paid for, always left behind. One day, an elderly gentleman approached the counter with his usual groceries and a tiny plastic triceratops. The cashier smiled, thinking it was another free dinosaur. But as she scanned everything, the old man whispered, 'This little guy is mine, honey.' Turns out he’d been buying that toy every week for his great-grandson who thought it was hilarious. Since then, everyone at Kroger jokes about the ‘unpaid dinosaur tax.’