COLORADO SPRINGS - As shopping malls and retailers anxiously wait for the rush of Black Friday shoppers, one of the busiest days for grocery stores is today.
At the King Soopers on Centennial Boulevard in Colorado Springs, News 5 found hundreds of shoppers keeping the cashiers and clerks busy.... more »
A new brand of milk is coming to grocery stores in Colorado Springs this summer. A spokesperson for Lala USA, the company which owns the Sinton Dairy, says they will introduce the Borden brand of milk at stores this August.
Both the Sinton label and the Borden label will... more »
Activists are asking the southwest Colorado resort town of Telluride to require grocery stores to charge customers 25 cents for each single-use plastic bag.
Town Council members reacted favorably to the idea at a work session last week and directed town staff to draft an ordinance.
The idea... more »
The Colorado House Finance Committee has killed a measure that would have allowed grocery stores to sell liquor and other spirits.
The proposal, which was opposed by the growing craft beer industry, was killed Wednesday.
Rep. Buffy McFadyen, a Democrat from Pueblo West, says she doesn't have the... more »
Colorado lawmakers will try again to win approval for a measure that would allow grocery stores to sell liquor and other spirits. The proposal has been opposed by the growing craft beer industry. The measure has already won from the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee and on Wednesday, it... more »
Colorado lawmakers are considering a plan that would allow a grocery store to transfer ownership of a liquor store license. The measure being considered Wednesday by the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee would also allow businesses to convert a retail liquor store license to a liquor-licensed drug store. Earlier... more »
Beer brewers from all over Colorado converged on Colorado Springs Saturday of the annual Firkin Rendezvous at Bristol Brewery. In a growing industry they would usually be celebrating another year of prosperity. But this year they say state House Bills 1186 & 1279 threaten their very being. The bills would... more »
Colorado lawmakers are in the middle of another fight over who gets to sell full-strength beer, but this year the battle is more complicated. Convenience stores and supermarkets once fought together for the right to sell more than 3.2 percent alcohol beer, but now they're going it alone. A bill... more »