Kroger

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn one morning, when Kroger’s parking lot was empty but for a lone delivery truck, a neighborhood cat began its daily routine of stalking the shadows. But this day, something strange happened: every time the delivery driver reached for his coffee thermos, he swore he saw the cat disappear into thin air. Over the next few days, whenever the delivery driver took a sip from his thermos, he’d catch fleeting glimpses of the cat reappearing in different parts of the store—peeking around corners or sitting on top of boxes. Finally, one evening, as the sun set and the lights came on, a neighbor joked, ‘Maybe that cat is just really good at hiding.’ To which everyone agreed with a laugh, realizing it had all been an amusing illusion.

2. One day, while stocking shelves in the late afternoon, a Kroger employee noticed something odd: every time he glanced up from his task, an aisle seemed slightly out of place. Was it just him, or did those boxes really shift positions overnight? Finally, after hours of puzzling over it, he asked a delivery driver for help. The driver laughed and said, 'Aisles move like that when you leave them unattended.' Turned out, the store used nightly reconfigurations to optimize traffic flow. Our hero learned a valuable lesson—sometimes things aren’t as mysterious as they seem.

3. In the early hours of the morning, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries into the backroom, he heard a faint humming coming from the frozen food aisle. Curious, he crept closer and saw a small, glowing ice cube moving down the shelf. Thinking it was some kind of malfunction, he reached for it—and suddenly found himself surrounded by talking packages of cheese. Turning around, he realized his truck had driven off without him, leaving him stranded in Kroger’s magical cheese aisle. A friendly neighbor eventually rescued him with a cart full of snacks.

4. In the dead of night, as the moonlight filtered through the aisles of Kroger's, a delivery driver heard soft footsteps behind him. He turned around, but saw nothing but shadows. Suddenly, he noticed an old shopping cart slowly rolling towards him from the darkness. The delivery driver smiled and thought, ‘Must be one of those late-night shoppers.’ Turning back to his truck, he found it unlocked—and filled with free groceries. A friendly neighbor had left them there as a thank-you for his hard work.