About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn, when Stop & Shop’s fluorescent lights flickered on like ghostly eyes, an old man began appearing in the dairy aisle. A regular, no one knew him well, he’d been shopping there for decades. But now, every morning before sunrise, he would stand motionless among the milk crates, whispering something no one could hear. One morning, a delivery driver noticed the old man and asked, ‘What are you muttering about?’ The man replied softly, ‘Just reminding the milk that it needs refrigeration.’ Everyone laughed, including the milk, which seemed to shiver ever so slightly. From then on, the early-morning visits became a friendly routine, with neighbors stopping to chat as they passed through the aisles.
2. At midnight, when Stop & Shop’s parking lot was deserted except for one lone security guard, a familiar voice called out from behind him: ‘Hey, watch where you’re going!’ The guard turned around and saw nobody there. Just an empty aisle and a quiet shopping cart. Then he heard it again—‘Watch your step!’ A delivery driver passing by laughed and said, ‘Must be an invisible shopper having fun tonight.’ The guard shook his head, smiled, and went back to patrolling, thinking maybe it was time for him to clock out early too.
3. At dusk, when Stop & Shop’s shelves were already quiet and empty, a little girl pointed excitedly at the ceiling. ‘Mommy,’ she whispered, ‘look! There’s a dancing pickle!’ Her mother smiled gently, squatted down, and said, ‘Oh honey, that’s not a pickle—it’s just our friendly ceiling light.’ They both giggled softly as they continued their shopping trip, but from then on, whenever anyone mentioned Stop & Shop, people would whisper, ‘Did you see the dancing pickle?’
4. At closing time, when Stop & Shop’s cashiers were packing up their things, a delivery driver grumbled under his breath, ‘I swear, every night I see something strange here.’ One night, as he was leaving, the delivery driver noticed an old lady slowly pushing a shopping cart filled with nothing but air fresheners. Smiling to himself, he asked if she needed help. She replied, 'Just wanted to make sure our neighborhood smells good!' Turning around, they both saw that the store’s scent diffusers had stopped working.