grocers
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The new year will ring in plastic and paper bag fees for Colorado shoppers
Colorado shoppers will discover big changes in the new year at groceries, convenience stores, pharmacies and other retailers. Beginning Sunday, a new state law will require shoppers to pay a 10-cent fee for every single-use plastic and paper bag they carry out of most retail outlets. The measure, approved by Colorado lawmakers last year, is…
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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…