A pair of out-of-state commercial real estate firms recently traded the Broomfield Marketplace strip mall at 1100 U.S.

Workers are on the frontlines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, ...

A pair of out-of-state commercial real estate firms recently traded the Broomfield Marketplace strip mall at 1100 U.S. Highway 287 in Broomfield for $19 million.

Now, people who regularly shop at King Soopers have to choose between crossing the picket line or shopping at other stores. “I don’t cross the picket line,” Richard Strauss said.

Although King Soopers has implemented more self-checkout stands in recent years, workers say there still aren’t enough people to prepare food, stock shelves and help customers. In response, the ...