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Shear Bliss For Colorado Sheep Farmers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Tony Theos of Meeker grew up in the sheep business, and at age 32, he’s never seen lamb and wool prices as high as they are now. “You’re in it because you love what you do,...
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Colorado Warns People To Check For Recalled Turkey
DENVER (AP) – Colorado health officials are warning people to check any packages of ground turkey they may have to see if they’re included in a nationwide recall. Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36...
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Kroger Mulls 2 Percent Discount For Paying With Cash
DENVER (CBS4) – The nation’s largest grocery store chain is considering offering customers a two percent discount if they pay with cash. Kroger is the parent company of King Soopers and City Market. A...
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Centennial Man Wins $7M In ‘Popcorn Lung’ Case
DENVER (CBS4)- A Centennial man has won a $7 million verdict in the so-called “microwave popcorn lung” case. Fifty-nine-year-old Wayne Watson had sued the manufacturer Gilster-Mary Lee, also Kroger and...
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Walmart Settles With Colorado Cantaloupe Victims
DENVER (AP) – Walmart said Tuesday that the company has agreed to settle claims from many of the families of victims who died in a 2011 listeria outbreak that killed 33 people and was traced to a...
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Most Wrongful-Death Lawsuits Settled In Listeria Outbreak
DENVER (AP) – A Denver judge has wrapped up most of the wrongful-death lawsuits stemming from a 2011 listeria outbreak traced to a cantaloupe farm that killed more than 30 people and sickened more than...
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Children’s Liquid Cold Medicine Recall Expands, Includes Colorado Retailers
DENVER (CBS4) – A warning has been issued for parents to look closely at any children’s liquid cold medicine bottles they may have as retailers are recalling products over the risk of a potential...
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RECALL ALERT: Salads, Wraps From Kroger, Trader Joe’s, Walgreens May Be...
(CNN) — Consumers have been warned by federal health officials not to purchase over two dozen salad and wrap products available in major grocery chains due to concerns about possible parasite...
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Plastic Bags To Be Phased Out At King Soopers, City Market
DENVER (CBS4) – The parent company of both King Soopers and City Market grocery stores announced plans Thursday morning to get rid of plastic bags used for bagging groceries in all of its stores....
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King Soopers To Phase Out Plastic Bags By 2025
By Joel Hillan DENVER (CBS4)– The grocery store chain Kroger announced a program Thursday that will transition their stores to get rid of plastic bags and to use solely reusable bags over the next...
View ArticleKroger Rolls Out New Auto Sale Service
(CBS4) – King Soopers and City Markets have formed a new partnership to sell cars. Its parent company, Kroger, will team up with TrueCar to create an auto buying program. The program reportedly will...
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‘Hero Bonus’: Kroger Announces Temporary $2/Hour Pay Raise For Frontline Workers
(CBS4) — Kroger has announced a “hero bonus” for all of its frontline employees. The grocer will add $2 to associates’ standard pay rate — for hours worked March 29 through April 18. All front line...
View ArticleKroger Donating 200,000 Gallons Of Milk To Food Banks
(CBS4) — Milk is one of the most requested but harder to stock items at food banks. To help, Kroger Kroger is expanding its Dairy Rescue Program. Kroger and its dairy cooperative suppliers will process...
View ArticleKroger Plans To End $2/Hour ‘Hero Pay’ Increase May 17
DENVER (CBS4) — Kroger is planning to cut its $2/hour “Hero Pay” increase on May 17 — but grocery store unions are asking Kroger keep the pay-bump as the pandemic continues. Kim Cordova is the...
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Kroger Making At-Home Coronavirus Tests Available To Its Workers For Free
(CBS4) — Kroger, the parent company of King Soopers, says it has created an at-home coronavirus test kit, and is making them available to its employees for free. The tests will be available starting...
View ArticleKing Soopers Not Giving Change Back In Coins Due To Shortage
DENVER (CBS4) — Customers who pay cash at King Soopers stores can’t get their change back in coins right now. Kroger, the company that owns King Soopers, said the Federal Reserve is experiencing a...
View ArticleKing Soopers Will Require Customers To Wear Masks Starting Next Wednesday
(CBS4) – Kroger, the company that owns King Soopers stores, will require customers to wear masks starting Wednesday, July 22. Kroger is the largest supermarket chain in the U.S. — with nearly 3,000...
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Coin Shortage Blamed On Consumer Demand And COVID-19
WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) — It’s long been said “cash is king.” However, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, coins have suddenly become the form of currency most sought out by many businesses. (credit: CBS) A coin...
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Social Security Numbers Among Data Threatened In Kroger Data Breach
BOSTON (AP) — Kroger Co. says personal data, including Social Security numbers of some of its pharmacy and clinic customers, may have been stolen in the hack of a third-party vendor’s file-transfer...
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Boulder King Soopers Could Re-Open As Early As April 24 Following Mass...
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A King Soopers employee who witnessed the March 22 attack on her place of work in Boulder says the company is planning to remodel the store and could reopen as early as April...
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Boulder King Soopers No Longer A Crime Scene After Shooting
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– The King Soopers store on Table Mesa in Boulder where the mass shooting happened last month is no longer a crime scene. Investigators turned over the store to management on...
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Kroger Chief Executive Gets 6% Raise While Median Worker Pay Drops 8%
(CBS4) — During the height of the pandemic, grocery store workers were considered heroes for continuing to do their jobs every day, despite the dangers of COVID-19. But after 2020, the top executive at...
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King Soopers Ending Mask Requirement For Fully Vaccinated Customers And Workers
(CBS4) — Starting on Thursday, King Soopers and City Market stores will no longer require customers, employees and vendors to wear face masks — if they are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus....
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King Soopers Strike Begins, Union Says Grocery Store Has ‘Unfair Labor...
DENVER (CBS4) – Thousands of grocery store employees in the Denver area are on strike after negotiations between the union and King Soopers fell apart. The union says King Soopers and its parent...
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