Haggen Northwest Fresh

Haagen is closing their stores :(How sad. I wished it weren’t so. Kind of suspicious of their closing. I suspect that Haagens competitors were jealous & rightly so because Haagen was hands down the best supermarket anywhere! QFC, Safeway, just do not compare. Haagen so very sorry to see you go.

Haggen! My college standard for groceries comes to the Eastside. But wait, somethings not right… this once is… FANCY.
Seriously, this is like a shrine to Bellingham. Things are named after locations or landmarks in that area and there are old timey pictures of the founders. Very cool, at least for me and likely any other WWU/​Bellingham Alumnus.
As for the place as a grocery store, it’s clean and they have a huge selection of items. All of it is pricey, like a middle point between Safeway and Whole Foods. Enough for me to only go there once in a while to grab micro brew root beers and amazing deli food.
If I lived in one of the nearby apartments or in Lake Hills, this would be my jam. Also, it would be where I’d buy jam.

At 7 pm, they had one lukewarm rotisserie chicken left. That seems pretty weak.
Frozen french fries were twice the price of the identical item at Safeway.
The cashier was friendly, but I am reminded again of why I usually stay out of here.
Also, I am extremely put off by people soliciting for ANYTHING at the front door, even a good cause that I would otherwise support.

Haggen Northwest Fresh has become my main traditional grocer. The store itself is one of the nicest on the Eastside, making the shopping experience very pleasant. The highlights of the store for me are the deli counter and the produce department. One area where they are weak for me is bread. I find myself shopping elsewhere for those items as they don’t carry the type or brands of bread I prefer. The selection of many other grocery items is good and better than many other places. In fact, they are the only place that carries a few of the items I do like such as Wild Squirrel Nut Butters and a particular brand of rice noodle. I have never found a place that does it all for me as far as groceries go, but Haggen is one my two main grocery shopping destinations these days besides Trader Joes. I fill in the gaps with Fred Meyer, PCC, and Whole Foods.

The meat and seafood dept is unsanitary. It smells of old rotting fish all over the store. The workers in that department don’t care about there job. I would not recommend this store. The meat and seafood that we purchased there at different times were rotten.

This use to be the Top food and drup in the crossroads area of Bellevue. The updated store and layout make it a class act. The displays are nice and price competive. I like the fact that you have a Haggen card, but if you forget it, you still get the same price.
This is for sure a «go to» store for me when I need a full grocery store.

We just moved in about a block from here and have to say we love it 5x more than the Whole Foods by our old place. Incredible bakery, fresh fish/​meats selection, great café and quick deli grabs. In our searching this is by far the best grocery store on the Eastside

I made my first trip to Haggens a couple of weeks ago, and sent my boyfriend there for the first time today.
I LOVE the selection and was able to find things that Whole Foods had removed from their shelves. It is clean and organized.
I’d love to see more people find this place, as it was off my radar. I was surprised to find out how nice it was inside!
Parking is ample.
Try it out if you haven’t before. I know it used to be Top Foods, but give it a go. It’s a good alternative to QFC.

meh… it’s no different from the top’s that’s been there throughout the past years. Still the same stuff sold at the same semi high prices that really aren’t worth it.

This Haggen is relatively nice. It has a good section for meat, fish and bakery, and the names are fancy [Larrabee Meat Market, Whatcom Falls Produce, etc]. It also has the usual types of groceries so it’s not all Northwest stuff. Usually Haggen is up in NW WA, but it’s nice to have one here.
This store is more «out there» than others [example Fred Meyer is right off 148^th and 20^th, but this is on a less busy road] so it may be a little tricky to find Haggen in Bellevue. In my opinion, good grocery!

I agree it’s like a PCC crossed with a regular grocery store in terms of selection and price. What I liked most were the prepared foods counters, their offerings looked quite tasty. The service seems quite friendly.
Best of all, you can get fresh, decently-​priced fish and chips. It was quite good.

Same old, same old mostly.
This grocery is no longer a Top Foods, it is now Haggen Northwest Fresh. Top Foods is just a name that Haggen goes by. Just like Kroger is known as QFC and Fred Meyer in this area.
While there is a name change, not too much has changed other than there have been some store renovations and department name changes with Northwest monikers. The meat department is now the Larrabee Meat Market, while the deli is now the Chuckanut Deli for instance. Still you can find Coke and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, so no fear that this grocery has gone all PNW on you.
With numerous grocery competitors close by, it can be easy to forget Haggen since it is in a bit of a hidden location. There is a QFC just down the road at Crossroads from here. Even though the changes to this grocery are mostly cosmetic, I think they were needed to keep it relevant so people don’t forget about this Haggen store.

I love this grocery store! It’s just a step below Whole Foods or Trader Joes, but a step above QFC. The variety of healthy, natural, organic, and FRESH goods are amazing. Their bakery is wonderful — my favorite being the raisin-​cinnamon bread, or their fabulous daily lunch special: $ 4.99 for half a sandwich and 8oz soup (both of your choice of flavor) and a medium sized drink. However, ask to have them cut a new sandwich and choose the fattest, then you will get the most out of your meal. You could maybe even sneak in a refill with your drink &/​or soup.
I also love how this is one of the stores that has section dedicated to sweets! You can’t find stores nowadays will that selection and some of the rare candies… besides packaged kind.
Free samples also offered in store. For the price, I don’t mind — check out in finding good coupons they might have running. The other day I walked in and got a $ 2 off bakery coupon, making my huge freshly baked loaf of bread only $ 2.50.
Clean, neat, organized, and fresh produce and quality healthy food for a lesser price than Whole Foods? This is the way to go.

I went today for a few things and was suprised to see they had added a self check out section which makes the process so much quicker and smoother. It was a much easier shopping experience and check out.
I tried their salad bar and it was good! Cheaper than Whole Food’s salad bar too.

Walking into a Top Food & Drug was like walking back 15 years in time and walking into a Bi-​Lo or such other discount grocery store in Dixie! The first thing I noticed was the odd smell flitting the air and was reminded of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Song
Ooh, ooh that smell
Can’t you smell that smell?
Ooh, ooh that smell
The smell of rotting meat [sic] that surrounds you.
The selection is not very international or healthy. The store is clean, however, I must stress. Prices are lower than QFC but I doubt I will shop here very much. We abandoned our cart 10 minutes into our trip and just walked out. However, due to its location, it is not likely to be as packed as a Safeway and can be useful for mainstream shoppers.

Admittedly, a lot of the things you will find here are quite pricey, but that’s fine with me because I will say it loud and proud: I love Top.
As one of the two 24-​hr grocery stores in Crossroads, their selection is like a combination of QFC and Whole Foods — they’ve got a pretty decent selection of organic/​local/​gluten-​free/​etc., whatever classification you may need. An in house bakery, an amazing salad bar and a great selection of dog toys [yes, I see this as a necessity] — Top has all the makings of my «favorite» store [except that my favorite, AmazonFresh, delivers to my apartment — work on that, Top!]
Shout out to the sweet guy in the bakery who showed me where the lids were for their take out parfaits… «if you ever come in when the bakery department is closed, you can grab one of these lids and get it out from the display.» High five, because those parfait cravings always come after dark!

I like coming here for lunch on weekdays. They have a well-​maintained salad bar with a lot of selections. I also like the chicken pot pies and baked chicken pieces from the deli. In addition, they have a huge sandwich selection (I enjoy the egg salad and tuna fish sandwiches).
Top has a large dining room (with a fireplace!) so I can take my vittles and the Seattle PI in there and have a relaxing lunch.
Top is also spik and span. Very nice.
But I would stay away from their in-​store prepared hot Chinese food. It’s unspeakable and I’ll leave it at that.

I can’t knock it but I can’t love it.
Vast selection of items such as their massive old-​school candy section. You’ll feel like you’re in a cheap set of Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Unlike most conventional grocery stores (safeway), they have a bigger health food section but be prepared to pay more.

I grew up next to a top foods in high school and now live to regret not shopping at it more when it was just next door to me.
i love top foods. i love their salads and their produce.
there was a time i thought i was going to have a problem because i loved their cinnamon bread too much and couldn’t stop eating it. this was similar to the time i kept raving about their chinese chicken dish-​which apparently i have blocked from remembering the name of because it was too much a delicious problem for me to even retain the name of-​but if you take me with you to top foods, i will point it out for you, then run far away before i consume the whole tub of it in front of all other top food patrons.
this all should give you a very nice picture of the love i feel for my top foods.
what’s more, i love their awesome prices and the fact i can buy liver in their meat department to make liver treats with for my dogs (top foods is the only place i know that still sells liver).
Also, on the days when i don’t have the time, patience, or, most importantly, gangsta rolls to pay for a cake from whole foods to celebrate a birthday or YNOT celebration, the cakes from top foods has been my second go to choice.
all in all, it’s the mega food chain i most whole heartedly support. here here, so go the three cheers from sarah for top foods.

So while doing my usual shopping at Safeway last night (not all of us can afford Wholefood on a daily basis). All i needed was a rib eye for dinner w/​gf, maybe a bottle of wine, a baguette, and some turkey meat for lunch. The meat at safeway looked standard, but a whopping $ 10.99/lb, and the pre-​packaged turkey garbage was $ 7.98/lb.I said i’m gonna try Top and see what they got since I barely shop there.
I drive to Top, parking was easy. I walk in, the place is clean as most normal grocery stores. Deli wide selection, and what’s this. Deli fresh sliced smoked turkey for $ 4.99/lb.$ 3 cheaper than the pre-​packaged garbage from Safeway. give me a ½ pound of that! Okay onto the bakery. decent pricing, nice presentation (I like Safeway’s bakery, it has most items. and decent pricing as well). The Wine selection was comparable too, so I can’t praise one store over the other. but what’s this at the meat department?
Butcher cut Rib eye steak. not that thin cut stuff. but 1.34 lb slice @ $ 5.99/lb.that’s $ 5 less per lb than at safeway, a nd I had choice of thin or thick slices. of course the nice 3″ (maybe 4″) thick cut was asking for my grill tonight. Anyway the service was friendly and quick at Top, no dealing with those pesky club cards that every grocery store does to make you think you’re getting a deal. when you’re usually not…$ 2 gallons of Milk? that’s the same pricing as Costco. and you don’t even have to buy it in bulk.
I know where i’m gonna do more grocery shopping at now.
~G