# What does Clark Howard think of Smart & Final? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 2, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/what-does-clark-howard-think-of-smart-final/8544 "2025-11-02T12:41:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/what-does-clark-howard-think-of-smart-final/8544/1 "2025-11-02T12:41:29Z")
Click [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_%2526_Final) to read a Wikipedia article about the Smart & Final chain. ---
**Author:** ![Bogarts\_Falcon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/bogarts_falcon/32/2587_2.png) [@Bogarts\_Falcon](https://community.clark.com/u/Bogarts_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/what-does-clark-howard-think-of-smart-final/8544/2 "2025-11-02T14:03:38Z")
When I click on the link I get the following error: “ “The requested page title contains [unsupported characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_name#Technical_restrictions_and_limitations "Wikipedia:Page name"): “%26”.'“ If that happens to you just go to the search bar and type Smart & Final. It should then show up below where you typed. Simply click on the title and it will take you there. The link it takes you to is: > **[Smart & Final](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_%26_Final)** > > Smart & Final is a chain of warehouse-style food and supply stores based in Commerce, California, which developed through a series of mergers and expansions. The oldest of the combined companies, Hellman, Haas & Co., was founded in 1871 in Los Angeles. The company operates over 250 stores in the Western United States and 15 in northwestern Mexico. > While Smart & Final stores target both the food-service and household markets, the company also formerly operated Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores (... ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://community.clark.com/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/what-does-clark-howard-think-of-smart-final/8544/4 "2025-11-03T22:52:06Z")
I’ve never heard him comment on Smart & Final, since it’s a west coast chain. They just put one of their bigger stores in a center near my house and I was disappointed because rumor was that Trader Joes was looking at it too. Smart and Final is a little cheaper than the Ralphs grocery in the same center, but quite a bit more than the super Walmart nearby. It sells many items in bulk, but I don’t see a discount for the volume. In fact, the bulk price is often more than the Walmart small quantity price. It also has a spartan, bare look and feel about it. I have 6 grocery choices within a mile. I’d rank them from best to worst (for value): Walmart, Aldi, Albertsons, Smart & Final, Stater Bros, and Ralphs.