Mountain town grocer Clark’s Market to join Target in new Lowry retail complex in Denver

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 4/15 2:00A Lily O Neill

A grocer operating in ski towns on the Western Slope has chosen the Lowry neighborhood for its first Front Range location. Aspen-based Clark’s Market will join Target as co-anchors of the Exchange at Boulevard One retail complex under construction...

COVID-19’s risk factors played hard on our psychology: How did we do?

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 4/13 5:05A John Aguilar

As the nation and Colorado slowly emerge from the pandemic with increased capacity limits and expanded hours for indoor spaces, like restaurants and gyms, the question arises: How well did we assess...

Choice Market opens high-tech store featuring an ice cream shop inside

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 4/7 2:43A BusinessDen, The Know

Choice Market’s new store in Golden Triangle just got a little sweeter. Nearly two years after BusinessDen first reported  on it, the local convenience store chain has opened its fourth location on...

Little Pub sells South Park Hill’s The Elm and adjacent buildings for $2.4M

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 4/2 7:52A Lily O Neill

In need of a cash infusion because of the pandemic, Little Pub Co. has jettisoned one of its longer-running bars. The company, which owns 16 neighborhood pubs and restaurants in the region, last week sold its buildings at 5001-5019 E. Colfax Ave.,...

Colorado’s newly relaxed COVID-19 rules will help “very few restaurants,” industry says

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 3/25 7:20A John Aguilar

Colorado s rollback of coronavirus restrictions this week is being pitched as a much needed salve for the state s beleaguered restaurant sector, but some industry players say the improvements are mostly just on paper. The Colorado Department of...

Federal money flows into Denver suburbs and now they have to figure out how to spend it

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 3/22 2:00A John Aguilar

More than a billion dollars is headed to city and county governments in metro Denver, a windfall from the latest COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress this month that has elected leaders wondering...

Voodoo Doughnut coming to Denver International Airport later this year

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 3/17 2:00A Joe Rubino

Voodoo Doughnut s love affair with Denver is set to reach another level potentially even to a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet — when the purveyor of (mostly) ring-shaped treats opens a location at...

Grocery chains say ample warning of looming snowstorm gave them time to stock up

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 3/12 2:00A John Aguilar

Yes, the big grocery chains in the metro area are seeing lots of shoppers ahead of the monstrous weekend snowstorm, but they say they are well stocked with the food and merchandise people want. Kris Staaf, a Safeway spokeswoman, said unlike...

Aurora takes first step to stop taxing menstrual products

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 3/8 3:45P John Aguilar

Aurora took a major step Monday toward eliminating the city’s sales tax on menstrual products, putting it in line to become only the second Colorado city to do so. The Aurora City Council voted unanimously to move the measure to a second and...

REI Co-op giving members 10% back despite not making a profit in 2020

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 3/2 7:53A John Meyer, The Know

REI Co-op members are getting a nice surprise in their email inboxes this week. Normally this is the time of year when members find out how much of a dividend they will receive from what they spent at...

Wheels of commerce are rolling, but COVID-19 fallout still causing kinks in supply chains

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 3/1 2:00A Judith Kohler

When COVID-19 started spreading and state and health officials restricted nonessential businesses and activities, the owners of the Colorado Boat Center in Johnstown sat down and wrote three different...

Tattered Cover sets closing date for LoDo store ahead of move to new space

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 2/23 5:01A The Know

Tattered Cover is closing a chapter on its presence in LoDo. The bookshop chain’s 12,500-square-foot store on the corner of Wynkoop and 16th streets will shut down on March 17, according to new owner Kwame Spearman. BusinessDen  broke the news...

Denver’s Green Valley Ranch will be getting a Sprouts Farmers Market store this year

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 2/16 2:00A Joe Rubino

A Sprouts Farmers Market is on track to open in Green Valley Ranch later this year, bringing another option to the far northeast Denver neighborhood that has long been light on grocers . Developer...

Amazon faces biggest union push in its history

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 2/12 8:00A Joseph Pisani

NEW YORK The second Jennifer Bates walks away from her post at the Amazon warehouse where she works, the clock starts ticking. She has precisely 30 minutes to get to the cafeteria and back for her lunch break. That means traversing a warehouse...

Denver Mart to close doors in spring after defaulting on loan

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 2/12 2:00A Jon Murray

The sprawling Denver Mart in Adams County will close its doors this spring after more than five decades of operation, according to a recent letter sent to vendors and a statement on its website. The ownership of the longtime host of wholesale...