15 Facts About Haggen

For many years, Haggen was the largest independent grocery retailer in the Pacific Northwest, with locations in Washington and Oregon.

In late 2014, Haggen agreed to purchase and rebrand 146 West Coast Vons, Pavilions, Albertsons, and Safeway Inc locations.

Subsequent to the bankruptcy filing, Haggen announced that they would abandon the new stores and revert to operating as a strictly Washington state grocery chain.

Haggen, Inc began in 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression by Benett and Dorothy Haggen, along with Dorothy's brother, Doug Clark, in downtown Bellingham, Washington.

Haggen became the first grocery store in US with an in-store Starbucks coffee store in 1989.

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In January 2010, Haggen stores announced they would cease their longstanding practice of remaining open 24 hours with limited exceptions.

Haggen closed its Redmond location in July 2010 after operating for less than two years.

Haggen, Inc announced on February 17,2011 that brothers and co-chairmen Don and Rick Haggen had sold a controlling shareholder interest to The Comvest Group.

In October 2012, Briar Development, the Haggen family's holding company for its real estate sold a portfolio consisting of 15 sites of Haggen stores to MGP X properties LLC of San Diego for $175,000,000.

In early 2013 Haggen closed their locations in Tacoma, Lacey, Federal Way, Bellevue and Shoreline, followed later in the year by closures in Kent, Auburn, and Yakima.

In late 2014, Haggen agreed to purchase and rebrand 146 West Coast Safeway and Albertsons locations over the coming year as part of anti-monopoly requirements following the Albertsons-Safeway merger.

In Southern California, the rollout of the new Haggen supermarkets were to be phased in between March and June 2015, with the first Haggen store opening in Carlsbad, California on March 11,2015.

On September 1,2015, Haggen announced that the company had filed a lawsuit against Albertsons LLC and Albertsons Holdings LLC seeking more than $1 billion in damages.

Haggen announced pending closures of all California stores shortly after.

On March 11,2016, Haggen announced it was selling its 29 remaining stores to Albertsons for $106 million.