I met with Will Miller Director of Purchasing and Kent Kuwata Category Manager. Smart and final has 190 locations, 21 of these are called extras which is a regular supermarket. Smart and Final also handles the Henry Chains. Their buyers are located in Riverside, CA. Will recently came from Food 4 Less where he was the Produce Director.

Will signed off on the ad program for Cherries. He has heard about the large volume that will be available in July. He said that California has not had a good year. They also run demos on Tuesdays at Grand Opening locations. There may be a possiblilty for one of these demos in July. Follow up with Will on the location. They thought it was great idea to have the cherry pitter during the demo. They currently had at $1.99lb California cherry ad running (2 Day Special)