King Soopers and City Market are two supermarket brands of Kroger in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Though they were originally separate, Kroger now manages them together. King Soopers is a supermarket chain with a significant presence in the state of Colorado on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. The stores are located along the Front Range from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Pueblo, Colorado. There are also a few locations in the foothills west of Denver and Colorado Springs. In 1947, Lloyd J. King opened the first King Soopers store in Arvada, Colorado. His mission was to offer... shoppers "friendly service, value, cleanliness and quality." A few years later, King Soopers had grown to nine stores, and it was acquired by the Dillon Companies in 1957. Nearly 30 years later, Dillons merged into Kroger. City Market is a supermarket chain on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. City Market was founded by the Prinster family in 1924, when four brothers - Paul, Frank, Leo and Clarence - moved to Grand Junction from La Junta, Colorado. Tony Prinster's father, Frank Prinster Jr., was also president of the City Market, serving from 1961 to 1978. Joseph C.
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