Staff Reports

Eastvale – The City of Eastvale recently announced that they will be welcoming a Smart & Final Extra to the new shopping center that will built on the corner of Limonite and Sumner.  The Smart & Final groundbreaking will be in the next few weeks of August and the store is expected to open in fall of 2017.

Many residents are excited about the new addition to Eastvale.  However, many expressed that they wanted a Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, or Whole Foods to come to the city too.  The City of Eastvale was very active on their Facebook page, explaining that all of those stores were approached but they all said no and sited “lack of population density as a key factor”.

The City of Eastvale is working hard to take the residents’ suggestions in consideration but sometimes it takes time for those types of businesses to come to Eastvale.  “We try very hard to provide timely information,” said the city said in a comment on their Facebook page. “We hope our citizens understand that we hear their comments and suggestions and we try very hard to accommodate. Sometimes it takes years to put a deal together. City staff are working extremely hard to make Eastvale a great place to live, work, play and raise a family. Thank you again for your support and encouragement.”

Nonetheless, the city is very excited that the Smart & Final Extra will be joining the Eastvale family because it will provide the organic produce many Eastvale residents are looking for.

“All of the data and sales leakage reports show there is a need for additional grocers. Smart and Final Extra offers organic products/produce,” the City stated.

Smart & Final has been in business for 145 years and was founded in 1871 by Herman Hellman. Today, Smart & Final is a public company with over 8,000 employees working in more than 250 grocery stores in California, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Northern Mexico. Smart & Final is headquartered in Commerce, California. For many years, Smart & Final was known as “The Smaller, Faster Warehouse Store” — a place where restaurant chefs and businesses shopped for restaurant-quality products at low prices. Today, Smart & Final caters to the needs of individuals, families, restaurants and local businesses. Smart & Final offers both smaller convenient sizes and larger bulk sizes for a vast array of products. The Smart & Final Extra! concept is the company’s newest store concept and these stores are much larger in size (27,000 SF to 31,000 SF) and the store finishes and merchandising display are very appealing. Smart & Final Extra! stores provide a greatly expanded product selection in key categories, including fresh produce, organics, fresh meats, frozen foods, dairy, deli and grocery basics like cereal, yogurt, bread and snacks.