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Grocery Costs Have Coloradans Feeling “Broken”
Mark and Lauren Walter, a married couple with two children in Arvada, have never considered themselves poor. However, as the couple stood in line outside the Jeffco Action Center, a nonprofit in Lakewood that provides free food, clothing and financial assistance to community members, they couldn’t believe it: “We weren’t poor. I don’t know what we are now.” In a profile by our Mauricio Mendez, the Walters serve as a case study for how rapidly rising grocery prices are crushing middle-class families in Colorado.
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