COLORADO, Colo. (KOAA) — Denver7's news partner KOAA News 5 has learned that multiple Safeway stores across Colorado will close on or before Nov. 7.
We first began looking into this issue after the City of La Junta posted about the news to their Facebook page on Tuesday.
We reached out to the grocery outlet to learn more and found that La Junta was not alone. Two stores in Colorado Springs will close, as well as a store in Lamar. You can view a full list at the bottom of this article.
In a statement to the KOAA newsroom, a Safeway spokesperson provided the following:
"As part of our ongoing commitment to operational excellence and customer-focused innovation, we’ve recently unified the Intermountain and Denver divisions into the newly formed Mountain West Division. This strategic conso