“And I love I can still buy in bulk without having to go over to Costco.”Īs it turns out, the attributes Alba likes about shopping at Smart & Final is exactly what the Commerce-based retailer emphasizes. “I love the convenience (at Smart & Final),” Alba added. The store was packed on opening day Wednesday, with the parking lot filled to capacity and shoppers waiting in long lines at cash registers. The new grocery store is at the site of a close Raphs store at the corner of Artesia and Crenshaw blvds.(Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze) A new Smart & Final Extra is nearing completion in Torrance on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. The strip mall is undergoing extensive renovations, including a new facade. The Ralphs store in the strip mall at the southeast corner of Crenshaw and Artesia boulevards closed earlier this year. “Normally when we buy a location from one of the major chains, it’s a location where they were not successful, and, in general, they work out well for us.” “We have had a lot of luck converting competitors’ stores to the Smart & Final Extra! banner, so any time the conventional folks are closing stores, we take the opportunity to look at them,” Dave Hirz, president and CEO of Smart & Final, told trade publication Supermarket News recently. ![]() ![]() A new 32,000-square-foot Smart & Final Extra! opened Wednesday in Torrance in a former Ralphs supermarket on Crenshaw Boulevard, the latest retail salvo to be fired locally in the ultra-competitive Southern California grocery store industry.Įxtra! stores are larger than a traditional Smart & Final, which are about 16,000 square feet in size and carry more fresh food.
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