A small northwest grocery chain is about to become a big player on the national scene with this week’s acquisition of 146 Albertsons and Safeway stores, including your neighborhood Vons.
The acquisition is a bit of serendipity for Haggen, which was able to capitalize on the divestment process caused by the Federal Trade Commission’s review of the Albertsons-Safeway merger.
Theoretically, the acquisition will allow the chain to move into Southern California by inheriting the customer bases of existing grocery store’s in the community.
The change is expected to occur in the first half of 2015.
“We warmly welcome these new employees and stores into the Haggen family. The stores are well run and very successful, thanks to the dedicated store teams,” said John Clougher, Haggen CEO, Pacific Northwest. “We want to retain these existing teams while allowing our growing company to build on their past successes. We plan to adopt the best practices of our new stores to offer a superior shopping experience for our valued customers in all of our stores.”
*Courtesy of Diamond Bar Patch
I lived in Washington State and shopped at Haggens. I am so glad to see it coming here to So. Cal. The store is amazing. It is the cleanest and well put together grocery store I have ever been in. The prices are comparable to Vons Pavillion and they do have a great meat selection. I love the bakery there items are awesome. You can tell the minute you walk in the door the quality of the store. Has anyone else shopped at a Haggens?? What was your experience??
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