The start of a two-week-long strike by thousands of Colorado King Soopers workers meant people on the picket lines and shoppers either choosing to cross those lines or avoiding King Soopers in favor of other grocery stores.

On Thursday, workers at 77 King Soopers stores across the Denver metro area started a strike after months of negotiations.

For striking workers, this means unpaid days on the picket line. For stores, it means fewer working employees to stock shelves and help customers, and for those customers, it means making a choice about where they shop.