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• Nutrition labels for your meat Play Video

  March 1, 2012 5:11 AM

  Mystery meat is a thing of the past. Starting today, the Department of Agriculture is requiring nutrition labels on 40 of the most popular cuts of beef and poultry. The labels are similar to those shoppers have grown accustom to seeing on items like canned soup and cereal. The... more »

• Super Bowl Super Costs

  February 5, 2012 9:47 PM

  Were the bowls at your Super Bowl party just not that super this year? You're not alone--apparently, the rising cost of food was a foul to many Super Bowl party hosts. "This bag used to be two fifty," Charlene Maneafaiga said, holding up a bag of chips. "And now... more »

• Cub in grocery store

  October 19, 2011 6:09 AM

  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - Some shoppers in Ketchikan got treated to Alaska's version of a bear market last weekend. The Ketchikan Daily News reports a small black bear cub walked in the front door of Tatsuda's IGA. The scared animal found its way to a produce cooler, where it... 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 »

• Under bill liquor stores could sell a license to a grocery store

  February 5, 2010 7:04 PM

  Pueblo West State Representative Buffie McFadyen (D) introduced a bill in the state legislature Friday that would allow some neighborhood grocery stores to sell beer, wine and spirits by purchasing a retail liquor license from an existing liquor store. Rep. McFadyen explained, "Colorado customers will see increased convenience... more »

• Clipping coupons to help those in need

  February 2, 2010 7:27 PM

  A group of women in Pueblo is clipping coupons to help those in need. Every Tuesday the women volunteer at the Senior Resource Development Agency and clip coupons for three hours. They give the coupons to seniors at SRDA. In addition, people with a low income can get them at... more »

• Grocery Union reaches tentative agreement with Albertson's

  January 27, 2010 3:05 PM

  According the website for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local #7, Albertson's has offered a tentative agreement for workers at the grocery chain's Colorado Springs, Denver and Grand Junction stores. Votes will be taken across the state over the next six days to either approve of... more »

• 5 ways to save on food

  January 13, 2010 9:49 PM

  All this month we're teaming up with Carrie Isaac of SpringsBargains.com to bring you tips to stretch your dollars. This week Carrie's tips focus on saving money on your grocery bill. Top 5 Ways To Save on Groceries 1. Make a price list. Carrie says you may... 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• Colorado grocery workers to vote on contracts, strike

  September 15, 2009 1:57 PM

  Unionized grocery workers in Colorado will start voting Saturday on new contract offers and whether to authorize a strike against the Safeway, King Soopers and City Market chains. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 says voting will take place over next two weeks. The union represents about 17,000 workers... more »