Albertsons is the winning bidder for 12 Washington stores that Bellingham-based Haggen auctioned off in bankruptcy court this week, according to court documents.
Six of those locations will be operated as Albertsons stores, and the rest will be Safeways – the other brand now under the Albertsons umbrella.
The stores were auctioned as part of Haggen’s massive retreat from the equally massive expansion that was launched, ironically, when it acquired 146 West Coast stores that federal regulators required the merging Albertsons and Safeway to divest.
Safeway will be the name above the door at properties in Everett, Shoreline, Port Orchard, Spanaway, Gig Harbor and 4300 NE 4th in Renton.
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