Tag: Albertsons
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Safeway to close 2 stores in Colorado Springs, 10 in state
Two Safeway stores in Colorado Springs will close before the end of the year. They are part of a larger, statewide cutback that will include 10 stores closing, according to information provided by Safeway. The two stores in Colorado Springs will be joined by four in the Denver metro area, two in northern Colorado, and…
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Safeway workers in Colorado Springs vote to authorize a strike
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Colorado Springs Safeway workers are poised to join statewide strikes. Local members, representing 12 stores in the Colorado Springs area, voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The vote did not mean picket lines would be going up at local Safeway stores Tuesday night, but rather that local stores may join others statewide if Safeway — and…
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Safeway workers begin striking at 4 Colorado locations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Employees at four Colorado Safeway locations went on strike Sunday, forming picket lines after negotiations between their union and the grocery store chain broke down. The labor action, organized by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, began at 6 a.m. Sunday at stores in…
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Are Colorado’s King Soopers and Safeway stores both at risk of a strike?
Two of Colorado’s largest grocers are at risk of facing a workers’ strike. The union representing Colorado grocery workers has not reached an agreement with either Kroger’s King Soopers and City Market leadership or Albertsons’ Safeway for new employee contracts. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 is already taking action to initiate a…
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Albertsons will have a new CEO. She’s from Denver.
Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway, will soon have a new CEO who’s grocery career began in Denver. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Susan Morris will succeed Albertsons’ current CEO Vivek Sankaran, the grocer announced Monday. Sankaran plans to retire and Morris will take over May 1, Albertsons said in a news release. The announcement follows…
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Colorado to still pursue lawsuit against Kroger, Albertsons, even as proposed merger falls apart
Attorney General Phil Weiser celebrated the recent events around $24.6 billion grocery deal’s recent roadblocks as a win for Colorado consumers. But the state’s not letting down yet.
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Cucumber products recalled in grocery stores across Colorado after possible salmonella outbreak
Albertsons Companies has initiated a voluntary recall of some store-made deli and produce items containing bulk cucumbers associated with a recent illness outbreak, according to a Tuesday news release. The items were available for purchase at Safeway and Albertsons stores in several states in the West and Midwest regions of the U.S., including Colorado, officials…
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Colorado Kroger, Albertsons stores pursued illegal no-poach agreements, lawsuit claims
Two of the nation’s larger grocery store companies are the subject of a new class action lawsuit in Colorado alleging they entered illegal “no-poach” agreements with each other during a union strike in 2022. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 (UFCW) on Monday filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court against Kroger and Albertsons…
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Colorado trial over Kroger-Albertsons merger wraps up; decision still few weeks away
Now it’s up to three judges, including Denver District Court Judge Andrew Luxen, to decide on the fate of the deal.
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Who are King Soopers’ real competitors? Merger trial picks apart Colorado grocers
As Colorado wraps up its case to show merger harms, parent companies Kroger and Albertsons begin their defense explaining an evolving economy.