Lowes Foods

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Lowes Foods, every morning around sunrise, an old man in a tweed suit starts pushing a shopping cart filled with nothing but bananas. No one knows who he is or why he's there, but the store manager just nods and waves him through security. One day, a delivery driver asked him, ‘Sir, may I help you?’ The old man replied, smiling, ‘Just picking up some breakfast for my banana farm.’ Everyone laughed, except the manager, who nodded knowingly and waved them both inside.

2. At Lowes Foods, late one night, a delivery driver swears he heard someone humming ‘Happy Birthday’ from inside the empty aisles. Curious, the driver followed the sound deeper into the store. Eventually, around the corner, he found an old cashier, humming away and carefully restocking shelves. Turns out she was just celebrating her birthday, working late as a regular thing. Everyone laughed it off—another strange yet charming Lowes Foods story.

3. At Lowes Foods, during the weekly inventory count, a manager spots a mysterious shopping basket filled with items that no one had added to the shelves. Curious, the manager follows the basket and discovers it belongs to an elderly neighbor who secretly shops there every week. Turns out she loves their organic produce but can’t always make it to the store herself. The manager smiles, thinking maybe Lowes Foods should start delivering baskets—just like grandma used to do.

4. At Lowes Foods, on quiet Sunday afternoons, a neighborhood cat seems to appear out of nowhere whenever anyone is counting stock. It turns out that every time someone counted cans in aisle seven, an old gray tabby would saunter over and sit right next to the boxes of tuna. A delivery driver once joked that maybe it was the store’s unseen mascot, or perhaps the cat just loved canned fish discounts. In any case, no one ever caught it leaving—just like magic, it vanished when customers came back.