A statement by King Soopers accused union negotiators of “stall tactics and creating uncertainty.” The company said its final offer included significant investments of up to a 6% increase in the first year of the contract and “promises to support, protect and invest” in employees’ interests.

Around 10,000 King Soopers employees are getting ready to vote on a potential strike following failed contract negotiations with the grocer.

On Thursday, the day before the labor contract extension expired, King Soopers presented a "final offer" to the union that featured "significant investments of up to a 6% increase in year one of the contract" and vowed to "support, protect and invest in the interests of their valued associates," the company said in a release.

The company said Thursday night that it has made its “last, best and final offer” to the workers. It’s unclear if the workers are considering a strike.

Negotiators with King Soopers and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 are meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Westminster in an effort to hammer out the details of a new labor contract.

Time is running out in contract talks for King Soopers’ Colorado union grocery workers. After agreeing to a two-week extension on January 3, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7, which represents 21,000 grocery workers in Colorado and Wyoming, says King Soopers has until the end of Thursday to reach an agreement.