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Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons say will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government's concerns about their proposed merger. The companies said Monday they would now sell 579 Kroger and Albertsons stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New Hampshire-based grocery company, for $2.9 billion.
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As a result of a ballot initiative passed by voters last year, Colorado grocery stores started selling wine this month. Many of the state's independent liquor stores considered the initiative a big threat to their business. A recent study from Colorado State University looked at how beer sales in grocery stores impacted liquor sellers a few years ago.
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Most consumers in the Mountain West spent more on groceries this month due to an increase in prices. There’s a good chance they’ll spend even more soon.
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State Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Colorado will lead a multi-state investigation into the proposed grocery merger between Kroger, parent company of King Soopers, and Albertsons, which owns Safeway.
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A union representing workers at both Kroger and Albertsons locations in Colorado and Wyoming, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, called the announcement “devastating." General council for the union Matt Shechter said he’s been getting calls from members worried about store consolidation, layoffs and rising food prices.
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Six Colorado grocery workers have been fighting a legal battle with King Soopers and Safeway over disability pay. An arbitrator sided with all but one of them last week, according to one of the workers and the United Food and Commercial Workers union, Local 7. Grocery workers younger than 65 just began qualifying to get the coronavirus vaccine on March 5 under Colorado's phase system.
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Distribution of the coronavirus vaccine has been slower than many had hoped, leaving at risk people who have to leave home for work every day. This is particularly true for Colorado’s grocery workers, who've gotten sick with hundreds of recorded cases of COVID-19 in 2020 and continue catching the virus. Some are turning to their union for help as they worry about their health and financial security.
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A growing number of pharmacists across the country are now offering birth control directly to patients -- no doctor’s visit required. That includes…
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Employees of Colorado King Soopers and City Market stores begin voting today on their first strike authorization since 1996.That means around 12,000…