Haggen store’s future remains unclear

It remains unclear whether Haggen’s bankruptcy filing on Tuesday will affect the recently opened Haggen store in Oak Harbor.

It remains unclear whether Haggen’s bankruptcy filing on Tuesday will affect the recently opened Haggen store in Oak Harbor.

“I have heard nothing about it. I know nothing,” store manager Sherrie Sadighi said Wednesday.

A spokesperson for Haggen said last week that, as part of the bankruptcy proceedings, “the company will evaluate potential sales/closures as part of its right-sizing strategy.”

“It would be really terrible if Haggen closed down,” Oak Harbor shopper Roya Devenport said last week outside the store. “The pricing is higher than at other stores, but their bakery is the best in town and their meat is excellent. It has items I want that you can’t get anyplace else.”

The Bellingham-based grocery chain filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, a form of bankruptcy that envisions future profitability. The filing will help the 82-year-old company “reorganize around its core profitable stores,” it said in a prepared release.