About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while stocking shelves, a young employee noticed something odd in the tomato aisle—a tiny wooden sign reading ‘Free Tomatoes’ had mysteriously appeared. No one claimed responsibility, and every day after that, an extra basket of ripe tomatoes would appear just out of reach. Finally, someone from produce confessed they’d been doing it as a prank—every time a customer complained about not getting enough tomatoes, they’d slip another hidden basket into the display. The whole store ended up laughing when, on a particularly busy afternoon, a delivery driver accidentally drove off with the entire ‘Free Tomatoes’ sign stuck to his truck mirror.
2. One day, an elderly lady shopping alone heard an unexpected announcement over Tom Thumb’s intercom: ‘Attention customers, please be advised that our self-checkout aisle now accepts groceries as payment.’ Surprised and confused, she scanned her items but nothing changed on the screen. Then, a young delivery driver passing by whispered, 'Ma’am, it’s just a glitch—we’re still taking cash!' She laughed, shook her head, and walked away, muttering something about modern technology. From then on, whenever someone mentioned Tom Thumb, everyone in town would smile and say, 'Oh, you mean where they accept groceries?'
3. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver unloaded crates of bananas into the backroom of Tom Thumb. As he sorted through the bunches, he swore he saw one banana wave back at him. Curious, he reached for it, but when his hand touched the fruit, it turned out to be just another prankster—a mischievous neighborhood parrot hiding in the crate.
4. In the dead of night, when most supermarkets sleep, a delivery driver unloaded crates of apples into Tom Thumb's refrigerated room. But something strange happened: every apple seemed to whisper its own price. Confused and curious, he leaned in closer—only to realize that each apple had a tiny sticker with its exact price already printed on it. The store manager laughed, saying, ‘Welcome to Tom Thumb, where technology meets produce!’