Jay's Budgens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In Jay’s Budgens supermarket, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. Among the usual groceries in his shopping cart sat an unopened jar labeled ‘Pickled Unicorn Horns.’ Nobody remembered ordering it. As he checked out, the cashier smiled and said, 'It happens more often than you’d think.' The regular shrugged it off, thinking maybe someone from the neighboring town had forgotten their sense of humor. On his way home, he passed Jay’s friend’s bakery and bought some freshly baked bread—perhaps life was just full of little surprises.

2. In Jay’s Budgens supermarket, an announcement came over the PA system one day: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that our self-checkout lanes now accept banana peels as payment.’ A delivery driver arrived with a box of bananas, heard the announcement, and cheerfully asked if he could pay his bill with some peels. The manager shook his head, smiling, saying, 'No, those are for scanning only.' A few days later, everyone in town was buying bananas just to try out the new feature.

3. In Jay’s Budgens supermarket, a delivery driver exclaimed one afternoon, 'I just saw a shopping cart dancing down aisle three!' Everyone rushed over to see it, but when they got there, the cart was just doing its usual slow dance around the cans of beans. A neighbor chuckled and said, ‘Must be Jay’s secret employee, keeping things lively!’ And so, ever since that day, whenever someone spots a cart moving on its own, they smile and nod knowingly.

4. In Jay’s Budgens supermarket, on a particularly foggy morning, a regular was scanning the aisles when he heard a voice whispering from behind the bananas: ‘Are you sure you’re supposed to be here?’ The man spun around, but saw only empty shelves and quiet banana baskets. Smiling sheepishly, he muttered, 'Probably just the bananas talking.' A delivery driver passing by overheard him and laughed, saying, 'They're always chatty when they get too cold!'