A new King Soopers store opened Wednesday, June 3, at 4201 E. Arkansas Ave. The $37-million facility replaces the more than 50-year-old Belcaro location just up Colorado Boulevard, which closed the day before. That property is set for demolition and redevelopment by Kentro Group, the same company that built the new place on the former Colorado Department of Transportation site.
The new store is huge in comparison — 103,000 square feet — with much wider aisles, a fuel center, a Murray’s Cheese Shop, a Starbucks, a drive-thru pharmacy, an expanded beauty and wellness area, and a huge cookware and kitchen appliance section.
But the Westword Instagram story about the new store prompted some of the same old criticisms of King Soopers. Says wheres_the_cherry19h:…