AJ's Fine Foods

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular asked the cashier, ‘Why does AJ always smile so big when he sees me?’ The cashier shrugged and replied, ‘He doesn’t. That’s just how AJ smiles.’ A few days later, an excited delivery driver approached the cashier and whispered, ‘Guess what? AJ knows my face now!’ The cashier grinned and said, ‘Of course he does—everyone here knows your face.’

2. One day, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries into AJ’s backroom, he noticed an old shopping list taped to the fridge. Written in bold marker were just two words: ‘Extra cheese’—no name, no date, simply repeated over and over again. As days passed, more and more people started noticing the mysterious note. Soon enough, every time someone bought extra cheese, they’d leave it neatly on top of the pile for the next customer. Before long, AJ himself joined in the fun, adding his own cryptic messages like 'Add salt' or 'Tomatoes needed.' It became a friendly game among locals until one day, someone finally asked, ‘Who’s been leaving these notes?’ Turns out, nobody had—it was just the delivery driver playing a prank on everyone.

3. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver unloaded crates in AJ’s backroom and found something peculiar nestled among the bananas—an old, dusty keyring shaped like a shopping cart. Curious, he pocketed it and forgot until later that day when an elderly neighbor asked if they needed help restocking. The neighbor picked up a banana and exclaimed, ‘I recognize that cart—it belonged to my late husband!’ Turns out, AJ had inherited the keyring from his grandfather who used to shop there decades ago. Everyone laughed over tea, and now it's displayed proudly near the entrance as a quirky reminder of the store’s history.

4. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver unloaded crates in AJ’s dimly lit storage room. Suddenly, he heard a voice over the intercom: 'AJ’s Fine Foods: where your groceries come alive!' The driver ignored it, thinking it was just the store’s old PA system malfunctioning. But when he opened one crate, he found cans dancing to an invisible beat. Turns out, AJ’s Fine Foods had a secret: their groceries were always a little too enthusiastic about being bought.