tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023018867778958193.post1771697985567455392..comments2023-12-15T00:16:54.199-08:00Comments on Fresh & Easy Buzz: Competitor News: Smart & Final Appears Pleased With its Eight Hybrid 'Extra' Format Stores, More On the Way in 2009Fresh & Easy Buzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06339190145395775927noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023018867778958193.post-11850332957491346972009-05-19T18:45:46.556-07:002009-05-19T18:45:46.556-07:00I kinda like the S&FE! I've been to in Enc...I kinda like the S&FE! I've been to in Encinitas. I find it a bit more appealing than F&E visually, although F&E has better store-brand products.<br /><br />Now that I think about it, they actually look quite similar. Look at the price tags, they even look like they are in the same font!speedgraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335032992379163330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023018867778958193.post-42672215193246656962008-12-30T16:32:00.000-08:002008-12-30T16:32:00.000-08:00The stores we are writing about in the piece are S...The stores we are writing about in the piece are Smart & Final's new "Extra" format stores. There are only 6 of the stores in Southern CA and 2 in Northern CA.<BR/><BR/>They are different than the traditional Smart & Final non-membership warehouse-type store you are talking about -- we point that out a number of times in the story.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't sound like you've been in one of the new Extra stores as what you describe is the traditional Smart & Final stores.<BR/><BR/>The "Extra" stores have lots of single-package items, as we mention.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment.<BR/><BR/>Editor.Fresh & Easy Buzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339190145395775927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023018867778958193.post-82468935492729966262008-12-30T01:50:00.000-08:002008-12-30T01:50:00.000-08:00Well, I've been to S&F twice, and it's...Well, I've been to S&F twice, and it's not in the same realm as F&E. You couldn't get much further apart as far as what's for sale. You don't buy a candy bar at Smart & Final. You buy a box of candy bars similar to what they stock the racks with in full-sized supermarkets. There's a lot of store/office/restaurant bulk sized items that aren't appropriate for a home unless you have a large family.<BR/><BR/>If anything, compare what they're doing to Costco/Sam's as similar to what F&E is doing to supermarkets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com