Lincolnshire Co-op

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, as a regular pushed his shopping cart down an empty aisle, he heard a voice behind him: ‘Hey, watch where you’re going!’ Surprised, he turned around—and saw no one. Ever since then, customers claim they’ve seen and heard strange figures darting between shelves. Finally, one evening, a delivery driver noticed something odd: every time he approached the spooky aisle, his cart seemed heavier than usual. Turns out, it was just old Mr. Jenkins pushing his own cart—only now he did it every night, chatting away to nobody in particular.

2. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Lincolnshire Co-op with a truckload of fresh produce. As he unloaded crates in the backroom, he heard a strange humming sound coming from the refrigerated section. Curious, he followed the noise and found an old radio tuned to some distant station. Turning it off, he noticed something odd—all the vegetables were smiling at him! It turned out that a neighbor had accidentally left her garden gnome inside the fridge. The store manager laughed heartily when he heard the story, saying, ‘Guess our produce needs a little personality!’

3. One autumn afternoon, while perusing the produce section, a regular stopped short and asked aloud: ‘Who’s been rearranging these apples?’ A delivery driver overheard him and laughed, explaining that it was his new robotic sorting arm experimenting with different arrangements. The regular smiled, shaking his head, as he picked an apple, noting wryly, 'I guess even machines are bored in Lincolnshire Co-op.'

4. One day, during lunch hour, a voice crackled over the store’s PA system: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that our self-checkout lanes are now accepting groceries for checkout… in Russian.’ Everyone froze for a moment, then looked around confusedly. A nearby delivery driver shrugged and muttered something about ‘maybe it’s a new language feature.’ Soon enough, customers started scanning their items with smiles, thinking it was some kind of fun promotion. Even the cashiers joined in on the joke, pretending not to understand until one brave soul finally asked, ‘Excuse me, can you repeat that in English?’ The whole incident became legendary among locals—everyone knew Lincolnshire Co-op had its own secret way of welcoming multilingual shoppers.