Roberts Food Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Roberts Food Center, after dark, strange things started happening. Every night, when a regular would push their shopping cart past the dairy aisle, their little dog would suddenly sit up and stare intently at an empty shelf. One night, a delivery driver noticed that every time he approached the cheese section, his headlights mysteriously dimmed. Turned out it was just the store’s old fuse box playing tricks again. The next morning, everyone in town joked about ghostly dairy products, but no one dared shop there after sunset anymore—except for the brave cat who lived nearby and insisted on getting its midnight milk fix.

2. At Roberts Food Center, in the early morning hours before opening, a soft humming sound could be heard coming from the produce section. As it turned out, the humming was just an old refrigerator that had been forgotten during maintenance. A delivery driver joked that maybe it was singing ‘Happy Shopping’ to attract customers. The manager laughed and said he’d better get it tuned up—after all, who wants a grocery store with its own karaoke night?

3. At Roberts Food Center, one day a regular asked aloud: ‘Did anyone else just see that bag of chips float off the shelf?’ A delivery driver then calmly replied, ‘No, but I saw it levitate right into my cart.’ Everyone laughed, and soon enough, everyone was talking about the magical floating chips. The regulars started calling it the Roberts Food Center’s secret ingredient—good humor.

4. At Roberts Food Center, late at night, an odd scent began drifting through the aisles. It smelled like freshly baked cookies, but no oven was on. Employees shrugged it off as imagination until customers started stopping for a sniff. One evening, a delivery driver noticed that his headlights were reflecting from something unusual in the parking lot—a giant cookie cutter left behind by the night shift. He joked that maybe someone was testing out recipes for next year’s holiday treats. The next morning, when employees found a fresh batch of cookies sitting neatly in the bakery section, they knew it wasn’t their imagination anymore—just Roberts’ mysterious midnight baker.