Tesco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a little boy entered Tesco with his mom. As they walked down the aisles, he kept pointing excitedly at an empty shelf. ‘Mom, why is it always empty?’ he asked. She smiled and whispered, ‘Honey, that’s where they keep the flying bananas.’ Suddenly, an older gentleman approached them from behind the shelves. With a twinkle in his eye, he said, 'Son, those flying bananas are on sabbatical right now.' Mom laughed softly, knowing her grocery store had just become a bit more magical for her son.

2. A delivery driver pulled up to the Tesco loading dock one foggy morning. As he unloaded crates of bananas, he heard a small voice from behind him: ‘Mister, are those really monkeys in there?’ The driver turned around and saw nothing but mist. Smiling, he replied, 'No, little guy, just bananas.' But as he drove home that evening, his neighbor waved and asked if he’d seen any escaped monkeys today.

3. In the late afternoon, an elderly gentleman parked his car near the Tesco entrance and noticed something peculiar in his shopping cart. Among cans of beans and boxes of cereal lay a small, dusty violin case. He opened it curiously, only to discover an old, out-of-tune violin nestled inside. Smiling to himself, he decided to keep it as a souvenir from his visit. Months later, while humming along to some music, he realized that the same melody played faintly whenever he pushed his trolley through the aisles—an unexpected tune reminding him of those quiet afternoons spent wandering around Tesco.

4. In the early hours of dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to the Tesco loading dock. As he unloaded crates, something glinted in the dim light—a small, shiny object wrapped in brown paper. Curious, he unwrapped it—just an old keychain with a smiling penguin. Later that day, everyone joked that maybe the penguin was Tesco’s secret mascot. The delivery driver shrugged and said, ‘Who knows? Maybe I’ll see him again sometime.’