How Colorado's Grocery Choices Reflect Health Trends In The State

Research has shown that Colorado is the state that is home to the healthiest people in the country, so it should come as no surprise to find out that the most popular grocery chain in the state is one that specializes in organic food.

However, it is rather surprising to find out that the favorite grocery store in Colorado is not listed as the most popular in any other state in the nation.

Colorado's Most Popular Grocery Store is an Outlier

Studies show that the most popular grocery store in Colorado is Sprouts Farmers Market, a chain that carries food items that may cost a little extra but are, by and large, on the healthier side.

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Colorado is home to 38 brick-and-mortar locations of the grocery chain, and while other states have Sprouts Farmers Market stores, the chain is only listed as the most popular in the Centennial State.

If we travel west, we find that Albertsons is the favorite grocery chain in states like Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, as well as southern states like Texas and New Mexico.

In addition, many states in the Midwest favor Hy-Vee, a brand not represented in Colorado, alongside Kroger, Food Lion, Safeway, and Trader Joe's, which also appear on the list of most-favored grocery chains in several states.

Check out the full map of the most popular grocery chains in each state here.

Rare Footage Shows Inside a Once-Abandoned Colorado Grocery Store

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

Take a look at the interior of a former Colorado grocery store with footage taken shortly after it was abandoned.

Gallery Credit: Nate Wilde

Forgotten + Abandoned: Colorado Gas Station + Taco Bell

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

Take a virtual tour through an abandoned gas station with a Taco Bell restaurant attached, which appears to have been sitting on Colorado’s eastern plains for years.

Gallery Credit: Nate Wilde

Rare Virtual Tour Inside an Abandoned 100-Year-Old Colorado Farm

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

Take a rare, virtual tour of a farm that dates back to the year 1925 and has been sitting abandoned for close to 30 years near Frederick, Colorado.

Gallery Credit: Nate Wilde

Source: The Most Popular Grocery Store in Colorado is an Outlier