Albertsons has placed a bid on two of the three defunct Haggen stores in Tucson, including the west-side store it once occupied.
A total of 94 Haggen stores are up for auction this week as part of the company’s bankruptcy proceeding. The Bellingham, Wash.-based grocer entered the Tucson market in May as part of a massive expansion, growing from 18 stores to 164.
Less than three months later, it began downsizing.
In September, Haggen filed suit against Albertsons, claiming anti-competitive practices in order to eliminate Haggen as a competitor. Later that month, the company filed for bankruptcy protection and asked the court for permission to close 100 more stores, including all the shops in Arizona.
Court records filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware show that Albertsons has placed a $1 million bid for the former Haggen store at 10380 E. Broadway, which was formerly a Safeway. Albertsons also placed a $700,000 bid for its former store at 1350 N. Silverbell Road, which is slated to close by the end of the month. No bid has been placed for the store at 8740 E. Broadway.
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The three Tucson stores are part of 10 Haggen sites in Arizona that are up for auction. Albertsons has also placed a $1 million bid for the store in Lake Havasu City. None of the three stores in Phoenix, two in Prescott nor the one in Flagstaff have received bids.
Albertsons has also made bids for 32 other Haggen stores in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
