King Soopers is a supermarket brand of Kroger in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.King Soopers has 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 and Charles W. Houchens opened the first King Soopers store in Arvada, Colorado. Their mission was to offer shoppers "friendly service, value, cleanliness, and quality." Within a few years, King Soopers had grown to nine stores; in 1957, the chain was acquired by Dillons. In 1983, Dillons merged into Kroger, and King Soopers consequently became a Kroger subsidiary. Read More
