Smart & Final Extra!

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early hours of one morning, a delivery driver pulled up outside Smart & Final Extra!. He noticed an odd sight: someone had left a shopping cart filled with cans and boxes right next to the entrance. Curious, he approached it, only to realize that every can was labeled with the same item—‘Extra Large Cookies’! Turns out, a neighbor had accidentally loaded his entire cookie stash into a cart and forgotten it. The delivery driver laughed, shook his head, and drove off, thinking, ‘That’s one way to clear your pantry!’

2. One night, an exhausted delivery driver pulled into Smart & Final Extra! and noticed something odd on the store’s intercom: ‘Attention all shoppers—if you see a unicorn in aisle seven, it’s not ours!’ Curious, he looked around but saw nothing unusual until he spotted a tiny sparkle near the dairy section. Approaching closer, he realized it was just a mischievous pony playing with some milk cartons. The next day, everyone in town knew about the ‘unicorn sighting,’ and Smart & Final Extra! became the talk of the neighborhood. A regular customer even brought them a sign reading, “Unicorns Welcome Here!”

3. One day, while stocking shelves in the late afternoon, a young employee heard a strange humming sound coming from the freezer section. Curious, he peered inside only to discover a mysterious old man rearranging cans with eerie precision. The old man turned around and smiled warmly, his eyes twinkling like Christmas lights. 'Just helping out,' he said softly, then vanished into thin air as suddenly as he'd appeared. The employee shrugged it off until an hour later when he found all the canned goods perfectly organized—even the expired ones were stacked neatly. From that day on, whenever anyone asked why everything was so orderly, they’d reply, ‘Oh, it's because of Smart & Final’s secret ghost organizer!’

4. In the middle of a quiet Sunday afternoon, a little girl followed her mother into Smart & Final Extra!. As they walked down the aisles, she stopped suddenly, pointing at a shelf filled with unusual canned goods. ‘Mom,’ she whispered, wide-eyed, ‘what are those cans that look like they’re smiling?’ Her mom smiled and gently replied, ‘Oh honey, those aren’t really smiling—they just have funny shapes.’ The girl nodded thoughtfully, then giggled as she saw an old man pushing a cart nearby, humming along to his favorite song. Later, when checking out, their neighbor happened to be working behind the counter and winked at the little girl, saying, “You two enjoy your shopping adventure today!” And so ended another ordinary yet magical visit to Smart & Final Extra!.