Costcutter

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while stocking shelves, an employee found a small, sealed envelope tucked among the canned goods. Curious, she opened it during her break and discovered a note reading: 'Take one item from any aisle, but leave something behind.' Since then, every night around closing time, someone leaves strange items in Costcutter's checkout lanes—an old keychain, a mismatched sock, a single rose. Finally, after weeks of mystery shopping, a regular customer revealed himself as the midnight shopper. Turned out he was just trying to teach everyone a lesson about leaving things behind—like those free samples they never asked for. Now, instead of creepy deliveries, Costcutter has become known for its weekly ‘mystery donation’—and no one minds, especially when it's a bag of freshly baked cookies.

2. Late one night, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries into Costcutter's backroom, he heard a strange humming noise coming from behind the bananas. Curious, he followed the sound and found an old radio buried among the bananas, tuned to some distant station playing cheesy 80s hits. As he laughed, his colleague called out, ‘What took you so long? We’re almost out of beer!’

3. In the early hours of dawn, as a security guard patrolled Costcutter’s parking lot, he noticed something odd: a shopping cart parked in an empty spot, its wheels spinning slowly even though no one was around. Curious, the guard approached and found inside a note: ‘Forgot my list at home—will be back later.’ The cart continued its slow spin until a sleepy delivery driver arrived, pushing another full cart behind it.

4. One day, as a cashier rang up groceries for a regular customer, she noticed something peculiar in the bag: a tiny note folded inside a plastic baggie. Curious, she opened it and found a handwritten note that read: ‘Forgot your favorite cookies again.’ Turned out her neighbor had been secretly stocking up on their shared treat and leaving them anonymously. Everyone laughed when they found out, and Costcutter became known as the place where kindness was wrapped in plastic bags.