We make a monthly run to this Smart & Final for snacks and items we can't find at our more frequently visited stores. The recent remodel is rather visually overwhelming with the the upright cases full of packaged dinners. Once we figured out approximately where things were, it's okay. We are not buyng anything new since the remodel, just the specialty items we always bought. The clerks always ask if we found everything and if we haven't, somebody runs and gets it for us. That's appreciated. We are disappointed that many items we used to have a selection of, like Orange Chicken, are now available only in the store brand and boxed instead of bagged. This takes a lot more freezer room and costs more. This store has one big negative: We have learned to check expiration dates, especially on things like cookies, because we have found products that should've been pulled months ago. Yes, it does make a difference in quality, as we found when we bought a bag of cookies that expired four months earlier. There really is no excuse for that as we reported it soon after the store remodel and it is still happening. A clerk told us those items "were put up by marketing people." How on earth could they miss something like that? We found Dec 2013 dates on cookies on the shelf this week, the end of May 2014. We are still finding expired deli products, too. Aside from that, we enjoy shopping at this store. read more