Mark C.

Review of Haggen, Inc.

Friendly, personal service, but vastly overpriced ...

Friendly, personal service, but vastly overpriced compared to say WinCo. (WinCo is, of course, furthermore owned and operated by its employees, whereas I believe Haggen has recently moved from being a local institution to being part of a big national chain [Albertsons?]).

In my case, where I live on a tight food budget but also live only a couple of blocks from Haggen, I find that if I stick to inexpensive items and "loss-leaders" such as milk & eggs, I can get away within a few dollars of the price I would've spent at WinCo. But for any more than a few items costing more than a couple of dollars each, I find I easily save 10 and $20 a trip by going to Winco instead.

But! as a neighborhood store that I can walk to quickly, open pretty late and pretty early (5 a.m. to midnight), they have a very very good selection of items when I I'm in a position where spending a couple of extra dollars looks more attractive than driving.