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33 Haggen Stores Reopened as Smart & Final Extra
Each store opening created more than 50 new jobs, with Smart & Final hiring more than 1,900 associates to support the 33-store increase.
COMMERCE, CA - Smart & Final announced Monday that all 33 lease locations it acquired in December 2015 from Haggen are now open as Smart Final Extra! stores.
The re-opening of the 33 stores is allowing Smart & Final to make "significant strides" toward its goal of opening 100 new stores over the next four years, the company said in a statement from its headquarters in Commerce.
"In opening the 33 stores, Smart & Final has increased its presence in the important Los Angeles and Orange County markets, and doubled store count in the California Central Coast and San Diego," it said.
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Each store opening created more than 50 new jobs, with Smart & Final hiring more than 1,900 associates to support the 33-store increase, it said.
In line with its promise to give back to the communities in which it operates, for each new store it opens the company's charitable foundation made donations to local nonprofits, resulting in more than $140,000 in philanthropic donations, the statement said.
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The 33 stores are located through out Southern California. They are:
1. Paso Robles, 1191 E. Creston Road
2. Atascadero, 8200 El Camino Real
3. San Luis Obispo, 1321 Johnson Avenue
4. Santa Barbara, 3943 State Street
5. Carpinteria, 850 Linden Avenue
6. Ventura, 7800 Telegraph Road
7. Simi Valley, 5135 Los Angeles Avenue
8. Newbury Park, 2100 Newbury Road
9. Westlake Village, 5770 Lindero Canyon Road
10. Palmdale, 5038 W Avenue North
11. Burbank, 3830 W Verdugo Avenue
12. Redondo Beach, 615 N. Pacific Coast Highway
13. Torrance, 21035 Hawthorne Boulevard
14. San Pedro, 1636 W 25th Street
15. Diamond Bar, 240 S Diamond Bar Boulevard
16. Chino Hills, 4200 Chino Hills Parkway
17. Yorba Linda, 21500 Yorba Linda Boulevard
18. Trabuco Canyon, 21672 Plano Trabuco Road
19. Laguna Niguel, 30252 Crown Valley Parkway
20. Corona del Mar, 3049 Coast Highway
21. Carlsbad, 955 Carlsbad Village Drive
22. Santee, 9870 Magnolia Avenue
23. El Cajon, 13439 Camino Canada
24. El Cajon, 2800 Fletcher Parkway
25. San Diego, 10740 Westview Parkway
26. San Diego, 2235 University Avenue
27. San Diego, 10633 Tierra Santa Boulevard
28. La Mesa, 3681 Avocado Avenue
29. Coronado, 150 B Avenue
30. Chula Vista, 360 East H Street
31. San Ysidro, 350 W San Ysidro Boulevard
32. Redondo Beach, 1516 S Pacific Coast Highway
33. Palm Desert, 72675 Highway 111
--City News Service, photo courtesy of Smart & Final
