Haggen Northwest Fresh Closing Bellevue Store

The Bellevue Haggen Northwest Fresh will close its doors within the next six to eight weeks, according to published reports.

The Haggen, located at 15751 NE 15th St. in the Crossroads neighborhood, was remodeled into Haggen Northwest Fresh from a Top Food and Drug in 2011. It will close along with the Shoreline store, according to reports in the Seattle Times and the Bellingham Herald, the hometown paper of the grocery store chain's headquarters.

The company had remodeled the underperforming stores with its new Northwest Fresh concept, but it was not enough to turn the stores around, according to a company press release issued to the two papers.

“Instead of closing these stores when they were struggling as TOP branded stores, we decided to do all we could do to try and turn these stores around,” co-president Clement Stevens said in a news release, according to the reports. “We invested in both remodeling and rebranding, dedicating our collective resources to give these locations one last chance. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we were unable to turn these stores around.”

The store is expected to close in the next six to eight weeks, the Times reported.

The Bellingham Herald reported that Haggen has closed five stores so far this year, including stores in Tacoma, Lacey and Federal Way.

We know that Bellevue Patch readers love Haggen. What do you think about the closure and where will you shop?

Patch Associate Regional Editor Margaret Santjer contributed to this report.