Haggen donates 1M lbs of food and $100K to 100 charities celebrating 100 new stores opening in 100 days throughout CA, AZ & NV

Hello from Haggen!

We wanted to share today's news on Haggen donating 1 million pounds of food to local food banks and $100,000 to 100 charity partners as part of the 100 new Haggen stores opening in 100 days throughout California, Arizona and Nevada March-June (please see announcement release below for more details).

New Haggen stores opening this afternoon include: Rancho Mirage and San Diego (422 W. Washington St. and 10740 Westview Pkwy). Three more locations will open this Saturday, May 23 in Palm Desert, Coronado and La Mesa.

Haggen stores opening in California next month include:

• Redondo Beach on June 2 (2115 Artesia Blvd.)
• Torrance on June 4
• Oxnard on June 6
• Chula Vista on June 9
• San Ysidro June 13
• Saugus, Lompoc and Ventura on June 16
• Goleta, Santa Barbara and Newbury Park on June 18
• Long Beach, Santa Barbara and Carpinteria on June 20

Haggen's goal is to provide a unique, hassle-free shopping experience, offering essential items guests need, specialty items guests want, and local items that reflect the community – all at fair, competitive prices. Haggen is a full-line grocery store with a bias toward fresh, quality, organic, local, and “healthy for you” options, so that guests can do all their shopping at one location instead of traveling to multiple stores. The new Haggen stores open at about 25 percent “Haggen-ized.” It will take time to completely infuse the store with the full Haggen experience. Immediate changes shoppers will experience at each newly opened Haggen store include: 

• Produce: Enhanced selection on Organic with increased item variety, selection and pre-pack offerings for easy grab-and-go; Haggen is, at a minimum, doubling the amount of organic fruits, vegetables and leafy green offerings in each store
• Meat/seafood: Grass fed and Double R choice beef, Natural pork, Free range chicken and Santa Monica Seafood
• Deli: Great assortment of fresh, house-made salads. Outstanding offering of meats and cheese. “Grandma Haggen” signature salads in the service deli with more grab-and-go fresh made salads and sandwiches
• Bakery: Local, fresh, full and abundant, including Haggen’s famous Cinnamon Rolls, cookies, garlic bread and cakes baked fresh throughout the day
• Center Store: More specialty, natural, "healthy for you" options (e.g., Alaffia and Acure Natural Health & Beauty items)
• Floral: Fresh cut flowers from local growers
• Beverage: Local brews, wines, specialty sodas and more! 

Expect to see continued improvements and thousands of new products coming to newly opened Haggen stores over the upcoming weeks, months and year.  

Guests who visit their local Haggen, snap a photo of their filled grocery cart and post it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with hashtags ‪#‎OneStopShop and ‪#‎HaggenSouthwestSweeps have the chance to win a $50 gift card now through June 15. See official rules for Haggen "What's In Your Cart" and "Favorite Haggen Find" Sweepstakes @ http://bit.ly/1e4iBqb.

Please contact Kris Ellenberg, kellenberg@goldpr.com, 310-430-1772 to request an interview, additional information or images.

Many thanks for your help spreading the word on the new one-stop shopping solution in town!

Grocery greetings,

Darcy Hagin

Gold PR
(503) 806-7940

HAGGEN DONATING 1 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS

AS PART OF NEW STORE OPENINGS IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA

Haggen Continues Tradition of Giving Back In Partnership with Feeding America

To Support Communities Surrounding 100 New Pacific Southwest Stores

Irvine, Calif. (May 21, 2015) – Continuing a long history of giving back to the communities it serves, Haggen Pacific Southwest is donating more than one million pounds of food to local food banks from the 100 new stores the West Coast regional grocery chain is converting throughout California, Arizona and Nevada this spring. Haggen’s donation represents more than 833,333 meals to help feed the hungry. The donations began with the opening of the first Haggen store in California on March 11 in Carlsbad and will continue until June 20 when the final three stores open in Carpinteria, Long Beach and Santa Barbara.

Donated items from departments throughout each store include everything from fresh produce, baked goods, deli items and dairy, to meat, dry, canned and packaged goods. Initial recipients of Haggen food donations include, among others:

• City of Refuge of San Diego
• East County San Diego Transitional Living Center
• Feeding America San Diego
• Helping Hands of Orange County
• Grateful Hearts of Orange County
• San Diego Rescue Mission
• St. David’s Episcopal San Diego
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County

“Our commitment to supporting local extends beyond sourcing and into the communities around our stores,” said Bill Shaner, Haggen Pacific Southwest CEO.  “We are always looking for ways we can get involved and give back, providing hunger relief, educating our youth and promoting our core value of sustainability. We’re a grocery store and, above all else, we’re here to feed families, whether that’s through the great stores we run or partnering with Feeding America to help those in need.” 

 

“The Feeding America network provides more than three billion meals each year to families facing hunger, thanks to the help of generous partners like Haggen,” said Bill Thomas, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Feeding America. “We are grateful to Haggen for providing meals for people in need and for raising awareness of hunger in the communities they serve.”

 

With each store opening, Haggen is also partnering with 100 local non-profits, donating a total of $100,000 across 100 stores opening in approximately 100 days. Local store leadership is involved in guiding the process to help make a meaningful impact in their communities. Recipients to date include, among others:

• Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club in Palmdale
• Central School District in Rancho Cucamonga
• Clear View Elementary School in Chula Vista
• La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad
• Lakeside Union School District and Granite Hills High School in El Cajon
• Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach
• Pacific Beach Elementary School in San Diego
• Southern Ravens, The League of Dreams and Van Home Elementary School in Bakersfield
• Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind in Tujunga
• Travis Ranch School in Yorba Linda. 

Non-profits interested in learning more about Haggen’s community giving should visit haggen.com/grow-community/our-local-community to complete an online inquiry form and submit information about their organization.

Haggen is undergoing an unprecedented expansion from 18 stores with 16 pharmacies to 164 stores with 106 pharmacies; from 2,000 employees to more than 10,000 employees; and from a Pacific Northwest company with locations in Oregon and Washington to a major regional grocery chain with locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. To date, Haggen Southwest has opened 66 new stores in California and will be opening an additional 34 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada in May and June.

Guests who visit their local Haggen, snap a photo of their filled grocery cart and post it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with hashtags ‪#‎OneStopShop and ‪#‎HaggenSouthwestSweeps have the chance to win a $50 gift card now through June 15. See official rules for Haggen "What's In Your Cart" and "Favorite Haggen Find" Sweepstakes @ http://bit.ly/1e4iBqb. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, shoppers at new Haggen Southwest stores will also enjoy three-day sales with discounts on popular items across each department. Check in-store and online at Haggen social feeds every Friday to see what new Fresh Deals will be offered throughout each weekend. Facebook.com/haggensouthwest; instagram.com/haggensouthwest; twitter.com/haggensouthwest.

About Haggen

Founded in 1933 in Bellingham, Washington, Haggen has built its business on providing guests the freshest and most local products with genuine service, while supporting the communities it serves. The company currently operates stores in Washington and Oregon, and is in the process of acquiring an additional 146 stores and establishing a second headquarters in Irvine, California. With this acquisition, Haggen will expand from 18 stores with 16 pharmacies to 164 stores with 106 pharmacies; from 2,000 employees to more than 10,000 employees; and from a Pacific Northwest company with locations in Oregon and Washington to a major regional grocery chain with locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. Throughout its eight decades in business, the company has supported regional farms, ranches, fisheries and other businesses, creating a lasting and sustainable local food economy. The company remains focused on building local, sustainable food economies as it expands. For more information about what’s happening at Haggen, visit haggen.com, find us on Facebook or follow Haggen Southwest on Instagram and Twitter.

About Feeding America

Feeding America is the nationwide network of 200 food banks that leads the fight against hunger in the United States. Together, we provide food to more than 46 million people through 60,000 food pantries and meal programs in communities across America. Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Individuals, charities, businesses and government all have a role in ending hunger. Donate. Volunteer. Advocate. Educate. Together we can solve hunger. Visit www.feedingamerica.org, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.