King Soopers began taking applications for temporary replacement workers on Monday who would be hired only if members of United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 7 go on strike Saturday.

Hundreds line up to apply for jobs in March at King Soopers at the store at Constitution Avenue and Marksheffel Road. Many of those waiting had lost their previous jobs because of COVID-19 closures.

Both King Soopers and UFWC Local 7, the union representing the workers on a labor stoppage, announced separately the strike has ended Monday night in Colorado. A return-to-work settlement was met ...