48 Fun Facts About Superstore

What colour are the vests worn by Cloud 9 floor staff?

Cloud 9 staff wear blue vests bearing the white cloud logo over their own clothes, a Walmart-style uniform; Amy's vest is where her ever-changing name tags are pinned.

In which US city is the Cloud 9 store located?

Superstore is set at Cloud 9 Store 1217 in St. Louis, Missouri; the Missouri setting places the fictional chain in Midwestern big-box territory, and characters repeatedly refer to living in St. Louis.

Who created Superstore?

Justin Spitzer created Superstore after years writing for The Office; he stepped down as showrunner after season four, handing the job to Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green.

Which network aired Superstore for its six seasons?

NBC aired all six seasons of Superstore, which premiered on November 30, 2015; for several seasons the network paired it with The Good Place on Thursday nights.

Who plays floor supervisor Amy?

America Ferrera, also an executive producer, played Amy Sosa until early in season six, when Amy leaves for a corporate job; Ferrera returned for the series finale.

Ben Feldman plays which character?

Ben Feldman plays Jonah Simms, a business-school dropout who takes a Cloud 9 job in the pilot and slowly falls for Amy; Feldman had previously starred in Mad Men and A to Z.

Why does Amy wear a different tag in nearly every episode?

Amy wears a different name tag nearly every episode because she dislikes strangers using her real name; she explains in the pilot that she would rather customers not know it.

What is Amy's name tag in the pilot episode?

'Diana' is episode two, 'Beatrice' episode three and 'Sheila' episode four.

Which character is the store's sarcastic in-store announcer?

Colton Dunn's Garrett offers acerbic commentary over the PA and ends up dating Dina.

What does Dina keep as pets, calling them her 'babies'?

Her pets are birds: she keeps a flock at home, calls them her babies and treats them as family; Lauren Ash plays the store's fiercely by-the-book assistant manager.

Which character learns he has unknowingly been living as an undocumented immigrant?

Mateo learns in the season two premiere that his green card is fake, leaving him undocumented; ICE arrests him in the season four finale, and he returns to the store in season five.

Mateo was romantically involved with which Cloud 9 figure?

He secretly dated district manager Jeff Sutin in season two, hiding it because Jeff oversaw the store; he later ends up with Amy's brother Eric.

What does Cheyenne name the daughter she gives birth to in the store in the season one finale?

Cheyenne names the baby Harmonica; she gives birth in the store during the first-season finale 'Labor', and Bo's proposal rap in the pilot started their road to a season two wedding.

What is Cheyenne's husband Bo's full first name?

Bilbo 'Bo' Derek Thompson is played by Johnny Pemberton.

Store manager Glenn is a devout Christian and what else?

Mark McKinney's Glenn also gets a biological daughter, Rose, with Dina as surrogate for him and his wife Jerusha.

Who acts as surrogate for Glenn and Jerusha's baby in season four?

She and Amy go into labour on the same day in 'Delivery Day', and Dina needs an emergency C-section.

Whom does the meek employee whom Carol torments marry in season five?

She marries Jerry, the colleague Carol had once stolen from her; Carol tries to sabotage the wedding, and the couple later adopt Glenn's former foster son Tony.

Which cast member was upped to series regular for season five, after years in a recurring role?

Kaliko Kauahi, a recurring cast member since the first season, was promoted to series regular for season five in May 2019.

The actress who plays Cheyenne was credited under what stage name for most of the run?

She switched back to her birth name for the final season.

What destroys the Cloud 9 store at the end of season two?

A tornado rips through the store in the second-season finale, titled 'Tornado', leaving it wrecked; the rebuilt store reopens in the season three premiere, 'Grand Re-Opening'.

What was the store-brand line called before its 2017 rebrand to Super Cloud?

Jonah's old business-school friend Rex turns up as the VP overseeing the switch.

What did the corpse found in the store walls in the season three Halloween episode belong to?

The corpse is Sal, a long-vanished employee; in the season three Halloween episode 'Sal's Dead' his body turns up inside a store wall, and customers take it for a decoration.

Where was the Superstore pilot filmed?

Kmart signage is visible throughout the episode; the rest of the series was shot on two soundstages.

Which company acquires Cloud 9 late in the series?

Zephra, a tech company, buys Cloud 9 in season five and pushes gimmicks such as a cereal bar and an employee-tracking app, before moving to close most of the chain's stores in the final season.

In the season one finale 'Labor', why do the employees walk out?

Glenn is fired after he 'suspends' Cheyenne with pay as a workaround for the lack of paid maternity leave; the staff walk out in protest, ending the first season on the strike.

Which real sporting event got a special Superstore episode in August 2016?

The episode 'Olympics' aired on August 19, 2016, slotted into the network's coverage of the Rio Summer Olympics; Cecily Strong guest-starred as former Olympian Missy Jones, Amy's childhood hero.

Where does Cloud 9's corporate headquarters sit?

Amy and Jonah sneak into a managers' conference there using Glenn's passes.

Which rival retailer does Jeff leave to manage in season three?

Glenn and Garrett try to poach staff from it and discover Cheyenne works part-time at both.

What does Amy name her son, to Cheyenne and Mateo's dismay?

She has to come back to work two days after giving birth because her suspension reset her tenure.

What is Marcus trying to sell at Local Vendors Day?

Marcus hawks breast-milk cheese at Local Vendors Day, to his colleagues' revulsion; Glenn meanwhile pressures everyone to buy Jerusha's needlepoint.

What is the name of the hot video game whose midnight release brings gamers to Cloud 9?

Garrett embarrasses himself in front of the game's narrator, voiced by Phil LaMarr.

Which comedian guest-stars as a rival charity representative in the season five 'Toy Drive' episode?

Mateo's toy drive is meant to help him look good at his deportation hearing.

Carol is suspended for trying to kill a co-worker's what?

The cat is Biscuit; Carol later sues after being electrocuted by the store's cleaning robot.

Which employee's push for a union puts store 1217 at the top of the closure list?

Amy and Dina go to Chicago to argue against closure and learn corporate already knows.

Where is Amy's new job in season six, before the pandemic delays it?

'Essential' covers March to July 2020, with the staff hailed as 'heroes'.

After the tech takeover, what phrase is Glenn told he can no longer say to customers?

He decides the company is out to get him; coupons have also just gone digital.

In the finale run, what percentage of Cloud 9 stores are slated for closure?

Amy flies back from California to help save Ozark Highlands from an inspection.

Lowell Anderson, who visits the store in season six, is the son of whom?

Lowell Anderson is the son of Cloud 9's founder; in the season six episode named after him he drops in on Store 1217 and makes a string of ill-advised changes.

What is the title of the Spanish-language adaptation that debuted on Mexico's Azteca 7 in 2022?

Supertitlán, TV Azteca's Mexican adaptation of Superstore, premiered on Azteca 7 in 2022, transplanting the big-box workplace comedy to a Mexican superstore.

How many episodes did Superstore run, including the Olympics special?

Superstore ran 113 episodes over six seasons; season five lost its planned finale to the 2020 shutdown, and in December 2020 the network announced that the sixth season would be the last.

On what date did the series finale air?

The series finale, 'All Sales Final', aired on March 25, 2021, closing the show after six seasons; a proposed spin-off was not picked up.

How many bathroom breaks does Cloud 9 policy allow per shift?

Lunch is 15 minutes, and locks, lights, temperature and music are all controlled from Chicago.

What is Cloud 9's Halloween mascot Kyle the Cloud eventually arrested for?

The mascot is played in-universe by Daniel Hertzler.

Which of these does the Cloud 9 store NOT sell, according to the show?

It has a pharmacy, a photo studio and even a credit union for staff.

Whom does Amy have children with, before and after their divorce?

Adam Dubanowski, Amy's high-school sweetheart whom she married after getting pregnant with Emma, is also the father of the son Amy has in season four, conceived as their marriage ended; Ryan Gaul plays him.

Who directed the Superstore pilot, the first project for his company The District?

Fleischer, best known for Zombieland, had just signed a two-year deal with Universal.

Cloud 9 store locations have popped up in which other NBCUniversal series?

The fictional chain also appeared in The Mindy Project, I Feel Bad and Kenan.

How many minutes does Cloud 9 policy allow employees for lunch?

The chain also runs its own employee credit union and a photo studio alongside the guns, liquor and pharmacy counters.