Ogle's Foods

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in the checkout aisle—a bag of groceries labeled only with an old-fashioned smiley face sticker. No price tag, no receipt, just a friendly note inside reading ‘Take what you need.’ Over time, more and more customers started leaving behind small tokens—apples for apple pie, eggs for omelets, even a jar of jam with a handwritten note saying ‘For your breakfast.’ Soon enough, Ogle’s Foods became known as the kindest grocery store around. One day, though, a delivery driver found a bag filled with expired goods, along with a card that read: “Sorry I’m late! Hope these last-minute items help.” Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another friendly prank from the mysterious benefactor.

2. One day, a regular asked the cashier, ‘Why does every fifth banana cost exactly three dollars?’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Oh, that’s because Mr. Ogle, our owner, loves monkeys.’ The man raised an eyebrow. ‘Every time one of them steals a banana,’ she continued, ‘he raises the price for everyone else!’

3. At dawn, when most supermarkets are quiet, a delivery driver heard an odd sound coming from the stockroom. Curious, he peered inside and found rows of canned goods rearranged into alphabetical order—by expiration date. Smiling, the driver thought it was some prank by a regular who liked to pull funny tricks. Later that day, while restocking the shelves, he noticed another surprise—a box of expired cereal arranged in ascending height order. By evening, everyone in the neighborhood knew about ‘Ogle’s mysterious organizing ways,’ and whenever someone needed help finding something, they’d joke, ‘Ask Ogle—he knows where everything is!’

4. At midnight, when the store was empty, a delivery driver swore he saw a shadowy figure moving between the shelves. Curious, the driver followed the shadow and found… an old carton of milk slowly rolling down the aisle! Turned out, it was just a neighbor pushing his shopping cart in the dead of night for some late-night snacking. The legend lives on, but now everyone knows not to panic at midnight at Ogle’s Foods.