Spar

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unusually quiet Sunday morning in the small town of Maplewood when a delivery driver pulled up to Spar supermarket. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, he noticed something strange: every fifth can of beans had been replaced with empty cans. Confused and curious, the delivery driver checked more cans—every fifth one was empty. He shrugged it off as a prank until a regular customer pointed out the pattern. Turns out, a neighborhood kid had decided to play a joke on everyone by swapping some cans for empty ones. The whole town ended up laughing over it, and Spar became known for its ‘unique’ promotional tactics.

2. It was an unusually quiet Saturday night in the sleepy town of Willow Creek when a delivery driver for Spar noticed something odd. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, he kept hearing soft laughter coming from inside one of the crates. Curious, he opened the crate carefully and found only a bag of apples smiling back at him—somehow arranged into a mischievous grin. The delivery driver laughed it off as a quirk of fate, but ever since then, locals joke that Spar’s produce has a sense of humor.

3. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Spar's loading dock. As he unloaded boxes, he noticed something peculiar—a small wooden carving, seemingly abandoned among the groceries. Curious, he picked it up and found an old key hidden inside. Over the next few weeks, whenever he delivered to Spar, he’d leave the key in different aisles. Soon enough, a regular customer spotted it and asked if anyone had claimed it. Turns out, it was just an ornament from someone’s kid, but now everyone jokes that Spar has its very own treasure hunt every week.

4. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Spar supermarket. As he unloaded crates of milk, a voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Attention, shoppers! Due to a temporary shortage, our cheese is now made from moonlight.’ Customers looked around puzzled, but soon broke into laughter when they saw the delivery driver grinning sheepishly. 'Just kidding!' he said. 'It's just some special imported Swiss.' The next day, everyone in town was talking about it—except for those who pretended not to notice the new sign: "Cheese Made From Moonlight—Available Daily!"