Tesco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, as a regular pushed his shopping cart down aisle seven, he overheard a Tesco employee whispering into an empty box: ‘Gotta keep it stocked up for tomorrow.’ Curious, the man followed the voice and found himself in the backroom, where boxes upon boxes of expired goods were stacked high. Just then, another worker popped out from behind a shelf, grinning sheepishly. 'Oh, you caught us!' she said. 'We’re just preparing for our secret midnight sale—discounts on everything past its prime.' The regular laughed, shook his head, and walked away, muttering, 'Tesco’s got some interesting promotions after hours...'

2. One morning, while stocking shelves, a Tesco employee noticed something peculiar on the store’s PA system: ‘Attention, shoppers! If you see a talking banana in aisle three, please do not attempt to communicate with it.’ Later that day, a delivery driver mentioned seeing a smiling watermelon near the checkout counters. Soon enough, customers started reporting sightings of dancing carrots and singing apples. By closing time, everyone was laughing as they left, wondering if next week would bring more fruit antics or perhaps a chatty pineapple.

3. One day, while browsing the canned goods section, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered to her mom, ‘Mommy, look! The beans are dancing!’ The mother smiled and gently said, ‘Honey, those aren’t really dancing—maybe they just look that way because of the light.’ They both laughed softly as she picked up a can, revealing its label: ‘World’s Best Dancing Beans.’ Turning back to her daughter, she teased, ‘Guess someone at Tesco had too much fun designing these!’

4. One afternoon, while loading groceries into her car, a neighbor discovered an old, dusty photo album nestled among the bananas in her shopping basket. Curious, she flipped through the pages and found pictures of smiling families from decades ago. Turns out, it belonged to a delivery driver who accidentally left it there years before. The neighbor laughed, thinking how Tesco had become like a time machine for everyone’s weekly shop.