{"id":6683,"date":"2016-11-09T22:37:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T05:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2016-11-09T22:37:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T05:37:59","slug":"soopers-shifts-money-away-from-eastbridge-store-seriously-cites-household-budget-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6683","title":{"rendered":"Soopers Shifts Money Away from Eastbridge Store; Seriously Cites \u201cHousehold Budget Issues\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tFor some weeks now, there has been speculation that the Eastbridge King Soopers opening would be delayed until June<\/a>. The disappointing news has recently been confirmed by King Soopers<\/a>. \u201cWe had things come up at some other stores unexpectedly,\u201d said Soopers spokesperson Kaela Gordon. \u201cSo, we are simply shifting money away from the Eastbridge project and moving it towards the projects where that money is needed. Thank you so much for your understanding.\u201d Gordon went on to dumb down the explanation further by putting it in terms residents could understand. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly like a household budget,\u201d said Gordon. \u201cSometimes, your water heater breaks, so now you have to get it fixed. But now, that $2000 can\u2019t go towards another project you were considering. It makes sense, right?\u201d\nSort of. Except King Soopers is a subsidiary of Kroger, which has revenues of about $110 billion and a net income of about $2 billion. So, in the \u201chousehold budget\u201d comparison, it would be as if the person who had a water heater go out, also had wealthy parents who could easily afford to help pay for the water heater and simply ask the money eventually be paid back free of interest. The explanation isn\u2019t sitting well with Eastbridge residents. \u201cI guess I feel like if they really wanted to, they could have found the money somewhere,\u201d said frustrated Eastbridge resident Owen Kurtz. \u201cKroger is a huge company. They could have figured something out.\u201d Jim Townsend agrees. \u201cThey have to just be jerking us around, right?\u201d said Townsend. \u201cNo way they don\u2019t have the money or don\u2019t have a way of figuring it out. It doesn\u2019t make any sense.\u201d Gordon is assuring residents the Eastbridge store, originally supposed to open this fall<\/a>, will be completed, most likely early this summer. However, residents are convinced there will be more delays. \u201cHonestly, I am looking forward to their next dumbed down excuse of an explanation,\u201d said Kurtz. So are we.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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