It seems like a really one sided article. Any Freepers out there that can provide some balance?
They have a store near where I work. The prices are higher now after the takeover plus they lowered the hours from 40/hrs to 29/hrs so the people you saw at the store for years had to leave to find a full time job. They also had the workers sign a 1 year non compete clause so they could not even get a job at another grocery store!
Then why did they buy the stores? Haggen is owned by an investment company that is more interested in the real estate the stores are on than running the stores.
Had a neighborhood Albertson store bought by Haggen close recently. Thanks FTC. There is now less competition. And more workers on the street.
Of interest to old-time residents of Chicago, the Chicago suburbs, and parts of Northern Indiana and Iowa....Albertson's acquired the Jewel (originally the "Jewel Tea Company") chain some years ago.
Jewel is a major, popular and very successful chain in the above areas..... and it retains the name "Jewel" although owned by Albertson's now.
I was born and raised near our local Jewel store and always loved to shop there with my mom....they were little grocery stores in those olden days, but stocked with great goods of all kinds. They have always been semi-upscale in prices. My aunt was the daughter of one of Jewel's early presidents.
Albertson's opened a "Jewel" store near me in central Gulf coast Florida not all that long ago, but it closed in about a year. Just didn't catch on.
I guess Jewel is and always will be a damnyankee store.
Long may it live!
Leni
Haggens took over our locaL Vons which we rarely used as they were higher than Stator Bros and Food4less. The only thing I have ever bought at Haggens was Balist Point Sculpin beer during a sale about six weeks back, they miss priced it at $7.99. They caught the error after a couple days and changed it to $10.99, still a good deal as it sells everywhere for $13.99 for a six pack.
Sounds a lot like whine and cheese to me..