Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores


Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores is a chain of American low-price warehouse grocery stores located in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores are geared toward supplying food service operators like restaurants, but it also serves individuals similarly to Costco. Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores run 70 stores as of the end of 2019. The company operates 25 stores in Washington, 20 stores in Oregon, 14 stores in California, six stores in Idaho, two in Nevada, one in Utah and two in Montana. The company is based in Portland, Oregon. Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores offer brand-name and private-label groceries, including meat, dairy, frozen foods and fresh produce, as well as tableware, paper products, janitorial supplies and catering supplies. They are open seven days a week.
Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores operated as an independent division of Smart & Final, LLC between 2008 and 2020.
In March 2020, US Foods agreed to acquire the Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores from Apollo Global Management for $970 million. US Foods also operates seven retail-storefront wholesale foodservice locations styled CHEF'STORE.

Relationship to Smart & Final

The Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice chain was the foodservice brand and division of Smart & Final, LLC. Smart & Final operates 282 retail stores under several brands. The Smart & Final chain includes 198 stores, and Henry's Farmers Markets/Sun Farmers Markets chains: 35 stores in California and Texas.