Tesco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the quiet aisles of Tesco supermarket, a regular noticed something peculiar one evening. While pushing his shopping cart down the cereal section, he heard an unusual rustling sound coming from the boxes on the top shelf. Curious, he glanced up just in time to see a small hand reaching out from behind a box of puffed wheat. The hand quickly withdrew, leaving only a note stuck to the box: ‘Out of milk again!’ Turns out it was just their neighbor, who’d forgotten her keys and decided to help themselves to some breakfast supplies. The regular laughed, shaking his head, and thought, ‘At least now I know why my neighbor always has such interesting snacks.’

2. In the late afternoon, a little boy followed his mom into the frozen food section of Tesco. Suddenly, he pointed and giggled, ‘Mommy, look! The ice cream is dancing!’ His mother looked closer—nothing moved. Then she noticed: the reflection of colorful packaging on the glass door was creating an illusion of dancing ice cream. They both laughed, realizing it was just another quirky moment in their everyday life together.

3. At nightfall, as a delivery driver unloaded crates in the backroom, he swore he heard an old man whispering behind him: ‘Just one more box…’ Curious, he turned around—and found only empty shelves and a dusty packet of expired cookies. The next morning, everyone laughed when they saw his face painted on the last cookie box.

4. In the early morning hours, when only cleaning staff and silent shelves were awake, someone found an old, dusty board game hidden among the cereal boxes. As days passed, rumors spread that playing the mysterious game brought unexpected good luck—free groceries, discounts, even a free carton of milk from a kind delivery driver. One evening, while everyone was leaving, a neighbor joked, ‘Maybe it’s time to clean out those cereal aisles again.’ And so, the legend of Tesco’s lucky board game lived on.