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• Thanksgiving meals: How much are you willing to spend? Play Video

  November 19, 2012 1:13 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS- Residents who are preparing to make their Thanksgiving dinner at home this year can expect to pay slightly higher prices at the grocery store. Your dollar will not stretch as far as it has in previous years thanks to the ongoing drought. "I'd say our Thanksgiving... more »

• Thrifty Thursday savings

  September 15, 2011 4:58 AM

  Free coffee, ice cream and a discount at local consignment sale are featured in this week's Thrifty Thursday. FREE COFFEE: Participating Colorado McDonald's restaurants are giving away free coffee! Customers can pick up a FREE Small Premium Roast Coffee now until Sunday, September 25 in the drive-thru or... more »

• City busses to give kids summer discount

  June 1, 2011 6:03 PM

  Mountain Metropolitan Transit, the bus service for the City of Colorado Springs, is offering summer discounts to children age 6 to 18 in the community. As part of the Summer Haul Pass program, local kids can ride any bus all summer long for just $20. The "haul pass" comes... more »

• Crimestoppers looks for "person of interest"

  November 9, 2010 5:51 PM

  Pueblo Police looking for a person of interest in a possible crime that happened at the southside Safeway. The Crimestoppers report indicates a 10 year old girl was approached by a young man who pinched her on the bottom as he walked by. This happened on Saturday, October 23... more »

• How to read codes on egg cartons

  August 20, 2010 10:44 AM

  A salmonella outbreak in eggs that's sickened people around the country--including in Colorado-- and prompted a nationwide recall is causing some confusion. At issue--how to read the codes on egg cartons. Here in Colorado, the store brand eggs at Albertson's and Safeway are included in the recall, but not... more »

• Suspect in two bank robberies arrested

  April 6, 2010 6:59 PM

  A Pueblo West man has been arrested for two robberies that happened over the last 8 months. US Bank, located inside the Safeway in Pueblo West was robbed on February 26. The robber was wearing a black leather coat, sunglasses, a black skull cap, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.... more »

• Safeway employees accept new labor contract

  February 24, 2010 1:20 PM

  A potential state wide grocery worker strike has been averted after the announcement Wednesday that Safeway employees with the Colorado United Food and Commercial Workers union ratified the chains last, best and final offer. After months of bargaining and heated debates, the super market giant presented employees with the... more »

• Union grocery workers voting on new pact

  February 5, 2010 8:27 AM

  Colorado Springs and Fountain unionized grocery workers for Safeway and King Soopers will vote on a four-year contract proposal Friday. Pueblo workers will vote on Monday. The deal has already been approved by workers in the Denver metro area. Most King Soopers workers voted last year to accept... more »

• Recalled spreads, dips could cause miscarriage

  January 20, 2010 6:43 PM

  Dips and spreads sold in Colorado are possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly and others with weakened immune systems. Most people suffer only short-term symptoms but Listeria also causes miscarriages and stillbirths. The suspect products... more »

• 600 unionized Safeway workers to vote on contract

  January 16, 2010 10:10 AM

  Safeway says it has reached a tentative three-year labor agreement covering about 600 workers represented by Teamsters Local 455. The agreement covers Denver distribution center employees, drivers and milk plant employees who are scheduled to vote on the agreement Jan. 24. Safeway's Denver Division President Scott Grimmett said Friday that... more »

• 33,000 Pueblo County residents vaccinated against H1N1

  December 17, 2009 1:41 PM

  Pueblo County has already vaccinated more than 33,000 residents against the H1N1 swine flu. The vaccines were given at mass vaccination clinics, doctors offices and pharmacies. "We are pleased with the number of people who have been vaccinated," stated Dr. Christine Nevin-Woods, Executive Director at the Pueblo City-County Health... more »

• Union counts votes on Colorado grocery contract

  December 15, 2009 9:22 AM

  A union representing thousands of Colorado grocery workers is counting members' votes on the last, best, final contract offers from three chains. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 represents about 17,000 workers at Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains. Union members have been mailing... more »

• Grocery union voting to get underway--again

  November 25, 2009 4:50 PM

  After six months of negotiations, unionized Colorado grocery workers at Safeway and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains are going to start voting on the companies' last, best and final contract offers. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 says ballots are being mailed starting Friday, and... more »

• Grocery chains hand down "final" offer

  November 17, 2009 2:27 AM

  Months of negotiating from King Soopers, Safeway and their employees came to a head on Monday night. As promised, the grocery chains handed their employees the last, best and final contract offer. Both the grocery stores and the employees have argued over pensions, pay raises and promotions as the main... more »

• Grocery workers to get final contract offer

  November 16, 2009 2:10 AM

  It looks as if the on-going dispute between Colorado grocery stores and their workers may be coming to a head. On Friday, Kroger, King Sooper's parent company and Safeway informed grocery workers they would offer up their last, best and final contract offer on Monday. "We do not have any... more »

• King Soopers says it could lock out workers

  October 23, 2009 1:04 PM

  King Soopers is warning its employees they could be locked out if workers at Safeway decide to strike. King Soopers told employees Thursday that a lockout would be necessary to protect its business. Workers at both stores are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 but only... more »

• Safeway, union restarting Colorado contract talks

  October 20, 2009 8:24 AM

  Safeway and unionized Colorado grocery workers are heading back to the bargaining table today in efforts to reach a new long-term contract. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 represents about 17,000 workers at Safeway, King Soopers, City Market and Albertsons whose contracts expired May 9. Employees have been working... more »

• Union, Safeway to resume contract talks Oct. 20

  October 14, 2009 8:34 AM

  A union representing Colorado grocery workers says Safeway is set to return to the bargaining table Oct. 20. A Safeway spokeswoman on Tuesday confirmed the date. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said last week that workers statewide had rejected the latest contract offers from Safeway and from... more »

• Colorado grocery workers wrapping up contract vote

  October 6, 2009 7:53 AM

  Unionized Colorado grocery workers are wrapping up voting on a contract offer from Safeway. Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 who work at Safeway and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains started voting last month on contract offers from the companies. Safeway workers also were... more »

• Workers start voting on Safeway contract offer

  September 19, 2009 1:18 PM

  Members of a union representing Colorado workers at Safeway and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains are voting on new contract offers and whether to authorize a strike. Voting started Saturday for Safeway meat warehouse workers in Denver represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. Votes... more »