Peter Fowler, an employee at the Safeway grocery store at Garrison Street and West Colfax Avenue in Denver, cleans outside the store on June 16, 2025. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Safeway is closing 10 of its Colorado stores, including one just north of the Interstate 25-Colorado Boulevard interchange in Denver.
The grocery chain, a subsidiary of Idaho-based Albertsons Cos., said Tuesday that the following stores will close by early November:
• 1653 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver
• 12200 E. Mississippi Ave., Aurora
• 201 E. Jefferson Ave., Englewood
• 500 E. 120th Ave., Northglenn
• 3657 S. College Ave., Fort Collins
• 860 Cleveland Ave., Loveland
• 5060 N. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs
• 1425 S. Murray Blvd., Colorado Springs
• 315 W. Second St., La Junta
• 906 E. Olive St., Lamar
Safeway said in a statement that “we continuously evaluate the performance of our stores.” The company owns the real estate for its Colorado Boulevard store, according to property records.
Kirk Crespin, the mayor of Lamar, said on Facebook that he was told the store closure there “was made due to lower sales, the increase of expenses from the labor strike that happened earlier this year, and the failure” of Kroger’s bid to buy Albertsons, which was halted by federal regulators last year.
Safeway also closed a store at 9160 W. Colfax Ave. in Lakewood last month.
Rival King Soopers, meanwhile, which is owned by Cincinatti-based Kroger, closed a store in Centennial in August. In Denver, the grocer plans to close its store at 825 S. Colorado Blvd. when it opens one currently under construction at 4201 E. Arkansas Ave.
Peter Fowler, an employee at the Safeway grocery store at Garrison Street and West Colfax Avenue in Denver, cleans outside the store on June 16, 2025. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Safeway is closing 10 of its Colorado stores, including one just north of the Interstate 25-Colorado Boulevard interchange in Denver.
The grocery chain, a subsidiary of Idaho-based Albertsons Cos., said Tuesday that the following stores will close by early November:
• 1653 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver
• 12200 E. Mississippi Ave., Aurora
• 201 E. Jefferson Ave., Englewood
• 500 E. 120th Ave., Northglenn
• 3657 S. College Ave., Fort Collins
• 860 Cleveland Ave., Loveland
• 5060 N. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs
• 1425 S. Murray Blvd., Colorado Springs
• 315 W. Second St., La Junta
• 906 E. Olive St., Lamar
Safeway said in a statement that “we continuously evaluate the performance of our stores.” The company owns the real estate for its Colorado Boulevard store, according to property records.
Kirk Crespin, the mayor of Lamar, said on Facebook that he was told the store closure there “was made due to lower sales, the increase of expenses from the labor strike that happened earlier this year, and the failure” of Kroger’s bid to buy Albertsons, which was halted by federal regulators last year.
Safeway also closed a store at 9160 W. Colfax Ave. in Lakewood last month.
Rival King Soopers, meanwhile, which is owned by Cincinatti-based Kroger, closed a store in Centennial in August. In Denver, the grocer plans to close its store at 825 S. Colorado Blvd. when it opens one currently under construction at 4201 E. Arkansas Ave.
