Claim: Haggen, a grocery store whose headquarters are in Washington started in 1933 where it was opened as Haggen, Inc..
Evidence: Haggen Food & Pharmacy is a grocery retailer in Washington state. Haggen is headquartered in Bellingham, Washington, where it started in 1933 when Ben Haggen, Dorothy Haggen, and Doug Clark opened the first store on Bay Street in Bellingham. Haggen, Inc. began in 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression by Benett and Dorothy Haggen, along with Dorothy's brother, Doug Clark, in downtown Bellingham, Washington.