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| - Being price conscious and doing some comparison shopping is the key to having a good experience with Smart & Final's LV locations. If you read up on the origins of this chain of stores then you know what their strengths are: Bulk items. Need 5 lb bags of shredded cheese or a 1000 ct roll of deli wrapping paper? They have it. Want 3 gallon containers of Rocky Road ice cream? Yes, they have it (I looked at it but no I didn't buy it). To find the best deals in this store all you gotta do is typically look down at the bottom shelf and check out the bulk items. And if you're willing to put some trust in their house brand: First Street, you can save some serious $$$.
Would I buy produce here? No, I don't think that the quality is as good as I can find elsewhere and their selection is kinda pathetic. I won't buy dairy here either as like someone else wrote, they keep some gallons of milk that are a little too close to the expiration date for my liking.
Service: Well I only had to wait 2 minutes to check out, and the service was friendly and fast.
The best advice I can give anyone is to walk the store once. Go in, scout it out, then go on and do your normal shopping. For me when I did that as I walked through Costco, Sams Club, Winco, and Vons I saw where Smart & Final's bulk buying could save me time and money on several things.
Overall: 3 Stars...going to split this one right down the middle.
(And one more thing. Smart & Final used to have stores in Denver but they had to leave Colorado due to a bad business plan. The Vegas stores are what they should have rolled out to Colorado, if they had done I suspect they would still be doing business there.)
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