Tag: Grocery Store
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Grocer Aldi wants to take over a new state: Colorado
A major national grocer known for its discount prices just set its eyes on Colorado. Aldi is expanding to the Centennial State with about 50 stores within two years, according to a news release on Monday. It also plans to build a distribution center in Aurora by 2029. It’ll open stores in the Denver and…
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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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Metro Moves: Pop Up Grocer lands in Denver this week
Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. Opening Friday A national specialty grocer called Pop Up Grocer is opening a Denver location on Friday. The move followed openings in Chicago, Miami, New…
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Community meeting for Park Hill Golf Course redevelopment plans moved to September
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An August meeting for community members to weigh in on redevelopment plans for the former Park Hill Golf course has been rescheduled to September, according to Westside Investment Partners Inc. The “community information meeting” is now scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 at the…
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Metro Moves: RidgeGate to get a King Soopers
Welcome to The Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. Coming soon RidgeGate master developer Coventry Development Corp. recently announced a new Signature King Soopers store and Fuel Center will be built east of RidgeGate…
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The wait is over: Trader Joe’s opens in Parker
After what seemed like a years-long wait for Parker area residents, trendy specialty grocer Trader Joe’s opened its doors Friday morning. Unlike the first Colorado Trader Joe’s opening in Denver in 2014, there were no overnight campers or blocks-long wait to get into the store. But by 7:50 a.m., there were hundreds of shoppers in…
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Trader Joe’s poised to open in Parker
For Parker area residents hankering for Chocolate Peanut Butter Joe-Joe’s or other niche products, the wait is almost over. Specialty grocery chain Trader Joe’s announced Wednesday that its Parker location will open May 6. It will be the eighth Trader Joe’s store in Colorado, according to a news release. The Monrovia, California-based retailer has 530 stores in…
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King Soopers granted temporary restraining order against picketers
Kroger on Tuesday said a judge has granted its request for a temporary restraining order against striking King Soopers workers after the company claimed that picketers were harassing store customers and workers who crossed the picket line. Kroger, the parent company of Colorado’s King Soopers and City Market stores, filed the request in Denver District…
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Q&A: The King Soopers strike
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 voted overwhelmingly to strike in advance of the union’s contract with The Kroger Co. expiring Jan. 8. Kroger owns King Soopers and City Market stores. It operates 143 grocery stores, 97 convenience stores, nine jewelry stores and eight manufacturing and distribution facilities that employ more than…
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King Soopers strike imminent after ‘last, best and final offer’
With United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union representatives rejecting King Soopers/City Market’s “last, best and final offer” Tuesday, it looks as though picket lines in metro Denver stores will materialize at 5 a.m. Wednesday. More than 8,700 workers at 78 Denver metro area stores plan to walk out Wednesday morning. Colorado Springs stores…