I don't think we've been that busy so far TR. Lot of indicators I look at, like how full the parking lot is when I come to work, how crowded the store is, how many languages I hear spoken in the store (not from the employees), how late I have to stay in the morning, and how big my grocery loads are. I haven't had any 2,000 piece grocery loads in a while. Sales don't tell me a lot, because management will tell me, yippee, sales are up 5 percent or whatever over last year, and I tell them yeah, your prices are up 10 percent over last year, check your item movement for a better picture. They don't mention sales to me much anymore. Still I get paid the same if they have a $250,000 day or a $50,000 day, haha!
Indeed the prices are higher at King Soopers over a year ago. We just got a new store very near by. It's quite large compared to the older one. Some have said it's to big and overwhelming, but I like it. Gosh I've now seen 4 new King Sooper grocery stores built from the ground up within 6 miles of me over the years I've lived here. They just build them bigger each time.
