Albertsons bids on dozens of Haggen grocery stores

  • Associated Press
  • Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:26pm
  • Business

SEATTLE — As the grocery chain Haggen looks to shed many of its stores during bankruptcy proceedings, Albertsons has come to take its locations back.

Bellingham-based Haggen is auctioning off 95 stores. Many of the stores for sale were purchased from Albertsons and Safeway in December. Haggen struggled to convert many of the stores to their brand and filed for bankruptcy protection in September.

Albertsons is now the baseline bidder for 36 of the stores that went to auction Monday. The large chain is bidding on stores in Washington, Oregon and Arizona.

Albertsons was forced to sell the stores last year by the Federal Trade Commission when it merged with Safeway.

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