Co-op Food

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while stocking shelves, a young employee noticed something peculiar. Every time a certain brand of organic apples was placed in the cooler, they seemed to emit a faint, musical hum. Intrigued, she mentioned it to her supervisor, who shrugged it off as nothing more than a quirk of the cooling system. But one day, when an old delivery driver stopped by for coffee, he laughed and said, 'That’s no hum—those are happy apples!' Turns out, Co-op's organic supplier had been playing classical music during harvest, and the apples retained the melody. Ever since then, customers would come in just to hear the 'apple symphony'.

2. In the late afternoon, as a delivery driver unloaded crates of produce, he heard an odd whisper coming from one of the boxes. ‘Why are you always so grumpy?’ Curious, he opened it and found nothing but a head of lettuce smiling back at him. Shaking his head with a smile, he thought, ‘Must be getting too old for this job.’ Later that evening, while checking out at the cash register, a regular customer asked if everything was alright—after all, he’d been laughing out loud.

3. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming, an early shopper arrived at Co-op Food. As she pushed her cart down the aisles, she kept noticing identical bags of groceries appearing in empty spaces. Curious, she followed one bag until it vanished into thin air near the dairy section. Just as she turned around, a friendly delivery driver asked if everything was okay. With a smile, she explained what happened, and he laughed, saying, ‘That’s our secret recipe for keeping shelves stocked!’

4. At midnight, when the store was empty and quiet, a night janitor heard a strange humming noise coming from the freezer section. Curious, he approached the freezer and saw nothing out of place. Suddenly, an old delivery driver walked in, humming softly to himself. ‘Just checking on things,’ he said, smiling. The janitor laughed, realizing it was just another late-night tune. From then on, whenever anyone heard that humming, they’d joke, ‘Must be Co-op’s secret karaoke night!’