Smart & Final Executives Assume New Roles to Replace Departing Senior Vice President

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smart & Final Inc. today announced that Andre Delolmo, currently Smart & Final's senior vice president of store operations, is leaving the company to take a position with Groupe Casino, a leading international retailer that is Smart & Final's largest shareholder.

Timothy M. Snee, 52, currently Smart & Final's senior vice president of buying, will assume Delolmo's responsibilities for Smart & Final stores as senior vice president of Smart & Final store operations. Norah Morley, 55, currently senior vice president of marketing, has been named senior vice president of marketing and buying, adding Snee's buying responsibilities to her current duties.

"These changes support Smart & Final's drive to become a more customer centric organization," said Smart & Final President and Chief Executive Officer Etienne Snollaerts. "Tim brings to his new position not only significant grocery experience, but also a category manager's perspective of products, their benefits for the customer and how to effectively merchandise stores. Norah has solid experience in both buying and marketing, and bringing the two disciplines together under a single leader of her caliber will allow us to better utilize our extensive customer knowledge to execute successful marketing and buying programs to further build customer loyalty and drive sales."

Founded in 1871 in downtown Los Angeles, Smart & Final Inc. currently operates 250 non-membership warehouse stores for food and foodservice supplies in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and northern Mexico. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.smartandfinal.com/.

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