About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning at King Soopers, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the milk shelves. A note had been taped there: ‘Milk today tastes like cookies tomorrow.’ Employees shrugged it off as a prank until customers started reporting unusual flavors in their dairy products. Word spread quickly around town, and soon people were lining up just for the cookie-milk experience. Before long, King Soopers introduced a new product line: ‘King Soopers Cookie Milk.’ It became so popular that neighbors began leaving notes in other aisles—‘Bananas taste like chocolate tonight’ or ‘Apples smell like roses tomorrow.’ And thus, King Soopers gained a reputation not only for groceries but also for quirky flavor experiments.
2. One night at King Soopers, an announcement crackled over the speakers: ‘Attention please—we’ve just received a shipment of talking bananas!’ A regular, eyeing the produce section suspiciously, muttered, ‘Well, that explains why they were so quiet in the truck.’ Soon, customers started reporting hearing whispers from the banana aisle: 'Free samples tomorrow!' and 'Who wants some yellow joy?' The delivery driver confessed he’d swapped the labels with his friend, a prankster neighbor who loved practical jokes. By morning, everyone was laughing—and the bananas sold like hotcakes.
3. At dawn one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to King Soopers and found the parking lot eerily quiet. As he approached the entrance, he heard whispers coming from inside—a chorus of voices repeating, ‘It’s here… it’s finally here!’ Curious, he entered, only to discover that an enormous tub of free ice cream had mysteriously appeared in the dairy section. The whispers grew louder as everyone rushed to grab a scoop—even the usually grumpy old cashier was smiling. That day, King Soopers became famous for its unexpected midnight ice cream party.
4. At dawn one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to King Soopers and noticed something strange: every time he approached the frozen food aisle, a faint humming sound would start, as if someone were playing a distant flute. Curious, he followed the music past the dairy section and into the backroom, where an old refrigerator hummed contentedly to itself. Turns out, it was just an especially talkative appliance. A regular came in later that day, shook his head, and said, ‘That fridge’s been whistling for years—weird but harmless.’