Grocery Stores? (Colorado Springs, Golden: neighborhood, to buy, calculator)

[rock_lobster!]

Just in my limited travels, I know that Albertson's and King Soopers both have pre-made deli type salads.... but I haven't seen any salad bars, per se.

That would be cool, though!

[Netmom]

And as far as Trader Joes, I think I figured out why they aren't here..... Amatuer Opinion: You have no liquor sold in grocer's, only stocked liquor stoes. Took me a week to figure this out. I finally asked a grocer at the store, why no wine but beer?? He explained.....

Then I went OOHHHHHH, Trader Joe's sells liquor on two isles, at a good markup though still a good deal. Why would they want to be here? Maybe talk them into a sepereate side store with a door to close on Sundays? Workable solution maybe....

[COflower]

Originally Posted by Netmom

And as far as Trader Joes, I think I figured out why they aren't here..... Amatuer Opinion: You have no liquor sold in grocer's, only stocked liquor stoes. Took me a week to figure this out. I finally asked a grocer at the store, why no wine but beer?? He explained.....

Then I went OOHHHHHH, Trader Joe's sells liquor on two isles, at a good markup though still a good deal. Why would they want to be here? Maybe talk them into a sepereate side store with a door to close on Sundays? Workable solution maybe....

Liquor stores are allowed to sell on Sundays now...but yeah, in part because of the grocery/liquor connection, some stores wont set up shop here. World Market offers wine at their Cherry Creek location in Denver and Target has one store up in Denver (IIRC) that also sells wines.

Also, you can only own one liquor store per person/company here. Some families get around that buy owning several separate liquor stores per adult family member.

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Thanks for the correction and link. I'm sure salad bars are very labor intensive, not to mention the sanitation requirements, since they're venturing into restaurant territory. Also I suspect that at the end of a few hours some of that stuff has to be trashed and replaced with fresh cut items, and I'd bet that sales really are strong only around lunchtime with that floor space being poorly used the rest of the time.

No problem. I haven't been there in years but there's also The Lettuce Head on Galley near where the bar The Gardens used to be - off Circle on the southeast corner. Good, small place with more than just salads but good soups and sandwiches too.

I think you hit the nail on the head that a salad bar in most grocerystores is probably a labor sucking, food wasting venture for most stores. Places like Whole Foods offer so many different options for pre-made food that you can eat right there so it makes sense for them.

I don't know if The Vitamin Cottage and it's grocery department has a salad bar or not and not sure if Sunflower Market has made it's way down here either. - looking at Sunflower's website it looks like it's opening in 2009 at the old Long's Drugs location at the corner of Dublin and Academy...

[Conejo Valley Girl]

OMGoodness. Trader Joe's what a wonderful store. While shopping at Whole Foods today my husband and I were talking about all the wonderful foods from Trader Joe's that we miss. Enchiladas and Sarsparilla. What is Sunflower Market?

[COflower]

Conejo Valley Girl - Sunflower Farmers Markets - Home Page (http://www.sfmarkets.com/retailer/store_templates/shell_id_1.asp?storeID=69610B99DE2C416A84CC8693150 E7216 - broken link) - you can learn more about them on their website.

The are a smaller chain to hit the market that competes with Whole Foods (organics, small farmer participation as much as possible, etc..).

You can find more with a Google Search:

sunflower market - Google Search

[redsoxgurl]

Thanks everyone for the great info!
I miss stop and shop....... sighhhhhh.........

[greatmuta]

I'm fairly certain the newly reopened King Soopers near Academy/Austin Bluffs has a soup and salad bar. I think I remember seeing one when I was there a couple weeks ago.

[lalahartma]

Everything is expensive here.

[SaxLuva]

Originally Posted by lalahartma

Everything is expensive here.

That depends on where you're comparing the prices too. Omaha, NE....yes we're high. DC, we're good............

[ryanek9freak]

Originally Posted by COflower

Liquor stores are allowed to sell on Sundays now...but yeah, in part because of the grocery/liquor connection, some stores wont set up shop here. World Market offers wine at their Cherry Creek location in Denver and Target has one store up in Denver (IIRC) that also sells wines.

Also, you can only own one liquor store per person/company here. Some families get around that buy owning several separate liquor stores per adult family member.



No problem. I haven't been there in years but there's also The Lettuce Head on Galley near where the bar The Gardens used to be - off Circle on the southeast corner. Good, small place with more than just salads but good soups and sandwiches too.

I think you hit the nail on the head that a salad bar in most grocerystores is probably a labor sucking, food wasting venture for most stores. Places like Whole Foods offer so many different options for pre-made food that you can eat right there so it makes sense for them.

I don't know if The Vitamin Cottage and it's grocery department has a salad bar or not and not sure if Sunflower Market has made it's way down here either. - looking at Sunflower's website it looks like it's opening in 2009 at the old Long's Drugs location at the corner of Dublin and Academy...

Really? it's about time they put something in that storefront. It looks so barren over there