Grocery giant Safeway has announced it will close 10 stores across Colorado by November, including locations along the Front Range in Englewood, Northglenn, Denver, Aurora, Fort Collins, Loveland Colorado Springs and on the Eastern Plains in La Junta and Lamar.

Safeway recently combined two divisions, and Heather Halpape, director of communications for Safeway’s Mountain West Division, said in an email statement the closures are part of that restructuring. A store in New Mexico and one in Nebraska will also close operations on or before Nov. 7.

“We continuously evaluate the performance of our stores, and occasionally, after long and careful deliberation, it becomes necessary to make the difficult decision to close certain locations. We are working to place affected associates in nearby

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