At the Food Giant grocery store in Hueytown, Alabama, shoppers looking for ground beef or produce specials might also run into a social media celebrity.
“Good morning, TikTok! Good morning, America! Good morning to the world!” Barry Dabbs shouts into his phone as he walks through the aisles in cowboy boots, filming another one of the videos that has turned the longtime grocery store manager into an unlikely internet sensation.
Dabbs has worked at the hometown grocery store for 42 years. He said he usually arrives around 2:15 a.m. and sometimes stays until 9 p.m. if someone calls out…