Grocery Stores

The discount grocery chain Aldi is expanding rapidly and plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year as more Americans skip nights out at restaurants and cook at home due to anxiety over the nation's economy. The chain, with U.S. operations based outside of the Chicago, went on an expansion tear soon after inflation began to spike in 2021 and opened a record number of new stores last year.

And turkeys are still available! Plus: Items that cost more or less, Thanksgiving travel, AMP and the nation’s largest recycling center, a downtown office-to-apartment conversion, more! Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Lance Benzel and then read the entire article at the link below.

Senate Bill 33 is meant to protect small businesses that sell alcohol from further economic decline following the expansion of beer and wine sales in grocery stores.

All King Soopers stores in Colorado are expected to resume normal operations on Wednesday after an ongoing workers strike came to an end.

Workers at Denver area King Soopers have voted to authorize a strike. The grocery chain says stores will remain open.

If you’re looking to shrink your carbon footprint, your best strategy may be to start by adjusting your grocery list. That’s the message in a new book by a Fort Collins scientist who studies the link between climate change and the food we eat. Author Mark Easter shares his best tips today in the second installment of In the NoCo’s holiday book club.

Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger a day after it was rejected in two courts and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn't do enough to secure regulatory approval of the $24.6 billion agreement.

A federal judge has temporarily halted a proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons, an action that could scuttle the deal. U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued the ruling Tuesday after holding a three-week hearing in Portland, Oregon.

The Colorado attorney general’s office will argue that the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons will hurt workers, shoppers and farmers.

Kroger and Albertsons have made their final argument in federal court in support of their proposed merger. Lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission and for the supermarket chains gave closing arguments on Tuesday at the end of a three-week hearing on the commission's request for a temporary injunction to block the $24.6 billion deal.