Sustainability

• Haggen Food & Pharmacy stores have worked with our suppliers to reduce or redesign containers and packaging to reduce the size of packages and to use recycled content where possible.
• Our logistics provider and our wholesaler/distribution center have partnered with shipping companies to collect wooden pallets and shift to reusable pallets with recycled plastic content. Haggen Food & Pharmacy has encouraged the use of plastic pallets by our suppliers for over 10 years.
• We are currently working with selected growers to ship various produce items from the farm to the store in plastic reusable carriers, reducing the use of wood packing crates and wax-coated cardboard.
• Beginning in 1984, Haggen Food & Pharmacy stores have used environmentally responsible flooring systems that implement quarry byproducts and cement. These flooring systems never wear out, are environmentally friendly, are easier to clean and require no cleansers or chemicals.
• Where appropriate, natural retention ponds have been built adjacent to our stores, catching rain runoff from our parking lots and allowing the water to re-enter aquifers rather than running into storm systems. These “Bioswales” also become homes to various aquatic wildlife and provide nesting habitat for birds and other mammals.
• All of our store locations use efficient electronic ballasts for their lighting systems, removing outdated and environmentally harmful magnetic ballasts over 10 years ago.
• We were one of the first in our marketing area to offer reusable bags. All of our reusable bags are recyclable.
• In 2004, Haggen Food & Pharmacy stores switched to 100-percent environmentally friendly cleaning and sanitizing chemicals and we continue to research opportunities. We recently discontinued using bleached paper towels in our operations and are switching to natural kraft towels at all locations.