I went to this store Tuesday, April 9, 2019. This was relatively new to Carson City, opening early last December, and I wanted to check it out. You can see an article about the grand opening here:
https://carsonnow.org/story/12/04/2018/carson-city-s-smart-food-service-grand-opening-friday-dec-7
It is located in the Silver City Mall (technical name, but no one calls it that), right next to Office Depot, at the northeast corner of Fairview Drive and North Carson Street. I went in the mid afternoon, so it was not too crowded. There were only one of two cash register stations open, which was adequate to serve the customers there. Parking was also pretty easy.
This is a wholesale store specializing in food service that is open to the public without a membership like at Costco or Sam's Club. The downside is that prices are a little higher, sometimes a lot higher. For example, they sell Heinz 114 oz. ketchup for $6.47, but I bought it at Walmart for $4.77, and a few months earlier for a similar price at Costco. The packaged bulk Brussels sprouts were almost double what I paid at Costco. You can look at my pictures of some of the foods they offer and prices and decide for yourself.
The selection is large, and the store itself is pretty large. You can find things here in bulk, restaurant sizes that you couldn't in regular wholesale clubs or Walmart. For example, they have a walk-in refrigerated meat and cheese room with insanely large packages of all kinds of meats and cheeses, like sliced chuck roll, huge ground beef rolls, sausages, BelGioioso shaved cheese (for Caesar salads), and hot dogs. There were also things like 50 lb. bags of potatoes, all kinds of rice (Costco features just one or two in bulk), bulk dressings, etc.
They also have and click-and-carry service, which makes shopping easier.
The downside is they do not accept EBT like most other grocery stores do, including all the wholesale clubs like Costco. I have some friends who use this and buy in bulk to save money, so this store would be out for them. They claim to be open to the public, but in reality, they are open only to certain members of the public. Seems kind of elitist and snobbish to me. I guess they don't like people who use EBT. This is a real turn off to me. Maybe they have some reason, like it wouldn't make financial sense for them, but to me, that is the cost of doing business. Even farmer's markets and stores like Big Lots nowadays take EBT.
I was going to give a higher rating, but when I learned about the EBT issue, I lowered my opinion of this store. I do not recommend them and will not patronize them in the future. Sorry not sorry. read more