Smart & Final

Prices are brutal, employees are uneducated and unfamiliar with the store. I tried to push the shopping cart to the car at Panda Express and the wheels locked up because of the magnets strips, so I couldn’t even push it to my car. This place sucks, check the expiration dates on everything everytime you come here. There’s something rotten on the shelves every time because the manager is weak and when you have a weak relaxed manager, you have weak employees they don’t catch them forever the regional manager of the store is should be fired and then clean house from there down that’s how you make a store great. This place is full of uneducated ghetto thugs. that’s always what happens when you get one thug in at management position and bringing all their f*** like friends and next thing you know the quality of the store goes straight in the toilet. And you lose customers.

It’s in a convenient location with a good selection and nice prices too. The service here is also friendly.
The produce department is robust for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Parking is easy and it also shares the lot with a Wings Stop and Panda Express, so it’s convenient to come here shop before/​after eating there too.

I found my local Smart and final store! Went here during the weekday, intending to beat the after work rush, but surprised it wasn’t that bad at all. This one is the Xtra which I like more, because they have the fresh rotisserie chicken and bread, and a bigger selection of items including large variety of alcohol.
I also like that they are about the only stores that carry the large pack of GardenBurger patties and also the grilled patties too. For the vegetarian, it can be challenging finding good quality (and tasting) products for less. I usually grab one and it gets me through a month, even more. They have dried quinoa and a large variety of dried beans. You might even find deli couscous here (not sure, I know Downtown carries it). And lets not forget the big produce section w/​lots of fresh produce.
And I like the house cleaning products that I’ve used before, big quantities and I don’t have to run out and buy for a good while.
They had everything I needed, great sale prices on items than Costco, but of course you can not compare this to Costco. It does serve as a great back up when you don’t feel like dealing w/​the crowd though. The First Street label is just as good as Kirkland, but again, apples and oranges.
Customer service was good and it was a organized, clean store with wider aisles than the others.
Parking not bad at all (Considering it’s surrounding by fast food & businesses), but I don’t really go during the busy times/​days or weekends, so it works for me. Plus there’s one near my job, so yup I’m spoiled.

I love this smart and final! I have one down the street from my house (literally), but I make a bit of a drive more just to shop at this one.
Its always very clean and organized in here. The clutter free aisles make it really easy to navigate your way through here.
The workers here are pretty helpful too. I was in today looking for whipped marshmallows in a jar and couldn’t seem to find it. Till I asked this older lady to help me out, she found it in a flash! Lol
The check out lines move pretty fast too. I went into the express lane since I had only 1 item, so clearly I didn’t wait too long haha.
The produce is fresh and the ice cream selection is always plentiful! Little things like that go along way when I consider where I want to shop. Keep it up smart & final! :-)

Worst service iv ever had at a store. i was waiting about 20 minutes for some help and had to go to the register to remind them i was waiting,.typically have great patiance but they really tested it just to find out they didnt have what i needed… a big bag of beneful

I like coming to this location because it’s really close to my house but every time I come there is never any shopping carts and tons of begging homeless in the front! Makes me very uncomfortable! I feel bad for the homeless but geez we all have the struggle! Who feels sorry for me!!! Also one checker in particular is very rude and condescending !! I have mentioned something to her in the past and she rudely cuts me off!!! Managers need to do a better job at hiring because the store needs help with some good customer service! Won’t be spending my hard earned money at this location any longer!

The checkout is always a freakin hassle
Please open up more registers !
Other than that the place looks clean

I’ve lived in the area for about 20yrs, and a week ago I came to this store for the first time! Now i can’t stop coming here. The store is very clean and I love the customer service!

I love the convenience of Smart and Final! This store is a hit or miss with the items and staff. There is always a long ass line though. One time the cashier bagged all of my items in used bags because they ran out. WTF? However, the following week I had the nicest cashier ever! There is no consistency, luckily there food seems to be fresh and on point.

I love Smart & Final because unlike Costco I don’t have to buy quantities large enough to feed a platoon. This location is pretty good and the produce is usually very fresh. The parking lot can be a bit dicey because it’s super busy with Panda Express, Subway and Wings Stop all sharing it.

love it here very friendly cashiers and staff. the produce is deff the best in this area… the meat CATTLEMANS FINEST is amazing quality beef and i only purchase meat here… good and fair prices.

2 years past expiration date for items in freezer section… i kid you not. i bought a bunch of items and when i got them home saw they expired in 2011!!! bbc: sep 15, 2011. are you kidding me!!! went back to store to swap out items with my receipt and all the product of this item in the store was expired… i called health code on them. this happened to my husband as well about a couple months ago, however he didn’t tell me at the time, cause he was still in the store when he noticed the expired frozen food items… check all your items before purchasing from this location…
also i saw a cart of frozen food de-​thawed and dripping wet, they were go backs that someone on their staff didn’t do, and had been out for quite sometime (i could tell by the puddle of water under the cart)
i called it to a clerks attention that someone could slip and hurt themselves and she had a kid take them to the back and start putting them back in the freezer!!! are you serious, raw meat and dough de-​thawed and warm to the touch, you are going to restock that???
the health code people will be visiting them shortly… i took photos and videos… this is a disgrace you will get people sick!!! ooh i’ve also caught clerks eating frozen cookie dough and closing the package up with tape in the back!!! do the cameras not work in this store, or maybe no one in the store cares!!!
do not eat frozen food, or fruit or vegetables from here, anything that requires refrigeration, buy somewhere else, buy it here at your own risk!!!

I only go in when I’m too lazy to drive to Target. I can’t stand cashiers that don’t even say hi, let alone go F yourself… I’d appreciate that more than the absolute absence of any conversation what so ever from the cashiers in here.

If you like fresh pre-​packaged fruit do not come here. For work I had to buy some breakfast items for an early meeting. I grabbed a few fruit platters without really looking at the expiration dates. When I got to my office and opened the fruit platters a foul smell come out immediately. To my dismay, the fruit platter had expired 2 days earlier. Frustrated that I had no fruit to serve, I called the Smart and Final location to make the General Manager aware. I was on hold for 30 minutes then I was hung up on.
Great customer service…
Never again.

4 – 5 stars produce and meat quality
4 – 5 stars cleanliness
–1 star for customer service. When I do happen to get a friendly checker, I always appreciate it and have even complimented them to management. Problem is, I think management is the problem. They just don’t seem to give a rip. I’ve seen two lines backed up 8 deep with customers and the produce manager, employee swapping stories about the latest sports highlights.
I’ll check out another location and update if it’s any better.
My wish — they’d figure out it’s just as easy, maybe easier, to smile and act like you give a rat’s ass. Feels like the post office, seriously.

Awesome store! Very clean and well-​organized.
It’s especially handy for bakers! They sell King Arthur flour and other handy supplies at amazing prices. For example, they had a giant brick of Red Star Instant Yeast for about $ 4.49. A bottle of Fleischmann’s yeast (a quarter of the size) is $ 5 at Target. I also bought 25 pounds of AP flour for $ 7.49. My local Vons sells 10 pounds of flour (albeit a different brand) for $ 5.
For coffee lovers, they sell large Torani syrups at $ 4.99 or $ 3.99 if you buy 6+. It’s the cheapest price I’ve seen anywhere. They don’t have the massive selection of World Market, but they had about 3 shelves worth of it, along with many sugar-​free flavors.
Everything we bought was at least $ 1 cheaper than Vons. My grandma was even able to find a Kashi cereal she thought had been discontinued.
Definitely stop in! It’s free, unlike Costco, and the deals are incredible.

Smart & Final is a smaller, alternative option to Costco. If you’re looking for food items in bulk that do not exist in Costco, head on over to Smart & Final. I particularly like their selection of chips, frozen fruits, and frozen meats. These three particular categories contain variations that you wouldn’t find at other grocery stores. One example is finding big bags of just frozen mangoes; finding these in other grocery stores would be quite difficult.
This particular location possesses the ever-​elusive frozen yogurt which is near impossible to find at any grocery store.
One of the foibles of Smart & Final is their lack of healthy food options. Other than that, it’s a great place to shop if you’re in the mood for something slightly different.

Need more stuff
Need to get some goodies!
Stopped for a couple of things but as usual I came out with a little more but who’s complaining? I’m not. I can’t help it! I love to eat and who doesn’t ?!

There are only a few things I come here specifically to get (mainly the ground turkey in 5-​lb chubs for $ 5.49 and very durable twist and store plastic containers), but on occasion I will pick up some items on sale. Their produce quality is surprisingly good, better than your typical grocery store, and of course the prices are a lot better. Costco is still better for variety and price, but if you don’t want to deal with paying for membership, this is a great option. My main complaint with this store is with only 2 checkout lanes, it can be painfully slow to get out sometimes.