Kroger

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Kroger, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning while filling up his car. In the parking lot, next to an empty shopping cart, lay a small package wrapped in brown paper. Curious but cautious, he picked it up and brought it inside. Inside, the package contained nothing more than a bag of groceries—bananas, milk, and some bread. Turns out, a delivery driver had accidentally left it there after making an early-morning run. The regular laughed, thinking how close he’d come to unwrapping someone’s breakfast surprise. From then on, everyone joked that Kroger was secretly delivering groceries to its customers’ cars.

2. At Kroger, a regular asked aloud one day: ‘Why does the cashier always seem to know what song I’ll hum next?’ Suddenly, an old delivery driver piped up from behind the counter: ‘Because, my friend, she’s been listening to your playlist since you started coming here three years ago!’ Everyone burst out laughing, and the regular realized with a smile that maybe Kroger was more than just another gas station.

3. At Kroger, a delivery driver once exclaimed, 'I’ve never seen gas pumps argue like these!' It turned out that an old timer from the neighborhood had been playing pranks, sneaking up behind the pumps and whispering into their microphones. The delivery driver laughed it off, saying he’d now know to keep an ear out for friendly voices at Kroger.

4. At Kroger, an elderly gentleman remarked one afternoon, ‘Why do these self-checkout lanes insist on asking for my ID when I’m buying just milk and bread?’ Suddenly, a young delivery driver chimed in, ‘Sir, it’s not your age they’re checking—it’s because you keep trying to scan entire boxes of cookies as if they were bananas!’ The old man laughed heartily, realizing his trick had been exposed.