About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while checking out at Kroger, a regular noticed something odd in his shopping cart—a small plastic dinosaur wearing a tiny cowboy hat. Nobody else seemed to notice it, but from that day on, more and more miniature animals appeared in unexpected places around the store. Soon enough, customers started finding everything from tiny teddy bears riding bicycles to robots playing guitars. One particularly amused delivery driver even left a life-sized chicken doing the cha-cha behind the cheese section. The manager eventually announced over the intercom: 'Please return any dancing livestock to customer service.' And thus, Kroger became known as the supermarket where groceries occasionally break into dance.
2. Late one night, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries into Kroger's backroom, he swore he heard someone humming along with the refrigerator's hum. Curious, he looked around but saw no one. Suddenly, an old lady in an apron appeared from behind a shelf and smiled warmly. ‘Oh,’ she said, ‘I’ve been here for years keeping things cool.’ The delivery driver laughed sheepishly, realizing his mistake. From then on, whenever anyone asked about the mysterious hummer, they’d just smile and say, “That’s Mrs. Johnson, our resident ghost shopper.”
3. While stocking up on snacks for an impromptu movie marathon, a shopper discovered that every time they passed through the cereal aisle, boxes seemed to rearrange themselves just as they reached for their favorite brand. Finally, after several frustrating trips down the same aisle, our intrepid shopper noticed something odd: all the boxes were arranged alphabetically by flavor—not by brand! With a laugh, they realized it wasn’t the cereal’s mischief but Kroger’s new organizational system. From then on, whenever anyone asked why they always bought ‘Quaker Oats’ first, they’d wink and say, ‘It’s just my secret shortcut.’
4. While browsing through Kroger’s produce section, a customer wondered aloud why all the apples seemed to be whispering his name. As he approached the checkout counter, an old lady smiled and said, ‘They’re not whispering, dear—they’re just saying how much they love your shopping habits!’ The customer laughed it off, realizing that sometimes supermarkets can be as mysterious as they are mundane.