Natural Grocers will close its downtown store at the corner of Colfax and Washington streets in Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 31.
Natural Grocers’ employees will begin store-wide closing sales on Oct. 4, with discounts of 10 percent off everything at the 1433 Washington St. location. All sales will be final.
The Denver – Colfax and Washington store is one of 46 Natural Grocers in the company’s home state. Natural Grocers states the decision to close the store was made after careful consideration of the operating challenges, including retail theft and safety issues impacting the store’s performance.
“We have been actively working to address the theft and safety issues impacting our store at Colfax and Washington for some time. Despite our investment in security and loss prevention strategies over the years, these factors have continued to challenge our ability to operate our store safely and sustainably, and we have made the difficult decision to close our doors at this location,” said Kemper Isely, co-president of Natural Grocers.
“This was not an easy decision. We are grateful to our crew members who have worked to provide world-class customer service in challenging circumstances and will partner with them to identify other opportunities at Natural Grocers. We remain committed to serving the downtown Denver area, including our customers in the City Park West, Capitol Hill, Baker and Cherry Creek areas, and believe that our neighboring stores will continue to provide these communities the world-class customer service, quality and affordability for which Natural Grocers is known.”
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After the Colfax and Washington location closes on Oct. 31, Natural Grocers welcomes customers to shop at its nearby neighboring locations:
- Leetsdale and Alameda;
- RiNo – 38th and Brighton;
- Design District – Alameda and Broadway;
- Central Park;
- Tennyson and 38th; and
- Colorado and Evans.
The company is working with each of its employees who will be affected by this closure to identify transfer opportunities to other stores. Those who are unable to transfer will be offered a transition package, including severance pay and health benefits.
