Bethany Clough

Smart & Final Extra! opens new Clovis store in former Fresh & Easy

The new Smart & Final Extra! will open at the corner of Shaw and Willow avenues in Clovis Wednesday. The store format will include a fresh produce and fruit section.
The new Smart & Final Extra! will open at the corner of Shaw and Willow avenues in Clovis Wednesday. The store format will include a fresh produce and fruit section. Smart & Final

The new Clovis Smart & Final Extra! will hold its grand opening at 7 a.m. Wednesday at Shaw and Willow avenues.

The store is technically a relocation of the existing store that is scheduled to close Tuesday in a shopping center at Shaw and Clovis avenues. The new 29,000-square-foot store will open in a former Fresh & Easy store. The changes also included some remodeling of the exterior of the store and nearby businesses in the shopping center.

The move also comes with a switch to the Extra! format. That means the store will cater to both business owners and families doing their household shopping. Products will be available in a variety of sizes.

The store will also have an expanded frozen, deli and meat sections, a full fresh produce section that including organics, a “good & well” area selling organic and natural food products and dry bulk section.

In recent years, Smart & Final Extra! stores have taken over the former Save Mart at Blackstone and Clinton avenues and the former Vons at First Street and Nees Avenue.

The company will be donating $2,500 each to Clovis Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy and Clovis Firefighters Association Local 1965.

 

Bethany Clough: 559-441-6431, @BethanyClough

This story was originally published April 10, 2017 at 11:29 AM with the headline "Smart & Final Extra! opens new Clovis store in former Fresh & Easy."

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