Haggen Food & Pharmacy

shame on this company. promised the inherited employees 2 years of employment and training, they got less than 4 months and the whole place went out of business. prices were ridiculously out of line with the other local markets, from the 2^nd week on shelves weren’t stocked and never a special in the store. when the last 10 days were upon the store and everything was 60% off, it was finally in line w/​the other markets!
it had to have been planned to deliberately fail.

Update — Haggen’s is closing. Why does this not suprise me. Their prices are ridiculously outrageous.

This store is closing in 60 days, along with 26 others all over the southwest according to Haggen.

I was craving guacamole, so I thought I would try Haggen’s since they are more of a specialty store. Yes, they specialize in not having any guacamole. I had to walk the length of the store 3 times before I found someone to ask. Disappointing… won’t be back any time soon.

Although some staff transitioned over like the butcher, this place is not what Safeway was. The prices are HIGH. Comparative shopping is just out the window here. Assume everything is much more expensive.
At least I can shop virtually alone since I’m usually one of 4 people in the whole store, employees included. Where is Trader Joes or WF?
I’ll even take Safeway back.

I have visited a few times, but would rather go to the Fry’s just a few minutes away. They are definitely overpriced for almost everything. I understand it is supposed to be specialty, but it used to be a Safeway so they should have slowly increased the prices. If you are hoping to visit the customer service desk, you will not find an employee working it, ever. I waited 5 mins, then realized no one was coming and no one would call someone over to the desk so I abandoned that. The next time I visited, same thing. Apparently they don’t feel it is necessary to have someone at the desk during the day (12p-​2p).
On the plus side, their cakes are GREAT. They are much better than the store bought cakes you usually get. We have purchased a few cakes there (at least 4) and each has been nothing but amazing. I would definitely not do my regular shopping there but I would go for the one off situation.

My first visit since the Safeway conversion. I will say I see a lot of positive changes so far. The produce selection is definately improved from Safeway. More organic a choices and varieties it great. Several new fish choices in the meat counter. Safeway had scaled back everything other than the processed stuff that stays shelf stable so it’s nice to have more fresh options. I am looking forward as the phase in all the offerings they plan to have. I could care less about the processed foods and those prices since if that’s important a I will price shop other groceries but I love having fresh options and am willing to pay a bit more for products that are healthier so as not to have to by the boxed and canned options that have become the cheap And not the most nutritious of options. Keep up the changes and we’ll continue to support it.