Haggen asks for 許可 to の近くに more 蓄える/店s

SEATTLE (AP) ― Grocery chain Haggen asked a 破産 法廷,裁判所 for 許可 to の近くに 100 蓄える/店s, which could result in more than 5,000 職業s lost in the 南西 alone.

The Seattle Times 報告(する)/憶測s (http://goo.gl/i5nN8E ) the struggling Bellingham-based grocer asked the 法廷,裁判所 Thursday to let it の近くに all of its 蓄える/店s in California, Arizona and Nevada. The chain also 計画(する)s to の近くに 14 蓄える/店s in Washington and seven in Oregon.

Haggen said in 法廷,裁判所 文書s that no third party is likely to make an 申し込む/申し出 for the 出口s.

The move would leave Haggen with just 37 蓄える/店s.

The company said in a 圧力(をかける) 解放(する) the 遺産/遺物 蓄える/店s showed strong sales growth in the past year, and the acquired 蓄える/店s it's keeping have proven successful.

Haggen went from a family 商売/仕事 to a West Coast 力/強力にする 事実上 夜通し after buying 146 蓄える/店s from Albertsons and Safeway. Before とじ込み/提出するing for 破産 保護 earlier this month, the company 発表するd it would shed 27 蓄える/店s.

The grocer wants to の近くに the 100 蓄える/店s as soon as possible because the 場所/位置s are 現在/一般に losing $400,000 a day, によれば 法廷,裁判所 文書s. 文書s also show (負債など)支払うing the 蓄える/店s would raise $125.6 million, which Haggen could use to help 支払う/賃金 its 負債.

A California union 公式の/役人 questioned the way Haggen and a 私的な 公正,普通株主権 投資家 went about the 拡大 and 撤退.

"Hopefully (they) will be 調査/捜査するd 完全に by the 破産 法廷,裁判所 and somehow made to be held 責任がある this," said Greg Conger, 大統領,/社長 of the 部隊d Food and 商業の 労働者s International (UFCW) 地元の 324, which 代表するs 800 Southern California Haggen 労働者s.

Haggen has 非難するd its 状況/情勢 on Albertsons, which it is 告訴するing for $1 billion, (人命などを)奪う,主張するing Albertsons 破壊行為d the smaller grocer's 入ること/参加(者) into the new markets.

以前, Albertsons had 告訴するd Haggen for not 支払う/賃金ing for some 在庫 transferred with the 蓄える/店s.

Haggen 公式の/役人s said 従業員s at the 蓄える/店s 存在 の近くにd will get a 60-day notice and all 蓄える/店s will remain open throughout that period.

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(警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com

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