BUSINESS
November 10, 1995 | GEORGE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Smith's Food & Drug Centers, a Salt Lake City-based grocery chain that entered the tough Southern California market five years ago, is now looking for a way out after failing to make much headway, industry sources say. Smith's has approached local competitors looking for buyers for its 34 stores in the region, and last week leased its state-of-the-art distribution center in Riverside to Ralphs Grocery Co. The facility was built to supply 60 stores, a total Smith's never achieved.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 7, 1993 | RICHARD CORE
Developers of a controversial Smith's Food and Drug Center will meet with residents, the City Council and Planning Commission at a workshop next week to present alternative proposals for the project. Council members, at their meeting Tuesday, scheduled the workshop after a representative for Smith's and project developer Birtcher Niguel asked for an opportunity to get public comment on drawings of ideas being considered by the two companies.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 8, 1993 | RICHARD CORE
Although skeptical that an alternative proposal can win their approval, City Council members are giving developers of a controversial Smith's Food and Drug Center a chance to redesign the project. The council voted unanimously Tuesday night to give the developers until Aug. 3 to devise a plan that fits with the city's vision for a mixed-used development for the 13-acre property on the northwest corner of Aliso Creek and La Paz roads.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 31, 1993 | WILLSON CUMMER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Two workers in the meat department at Smith's Food and Drug Center on Orangethorpe Avenue have hepatitis, but there is no health risk to the public, according to an ongoing investigation by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The two workers have been taken off the job, along with three other workers who are being tested for infectious hepatitis, according to Rick Greenwood, deputy director of public health.
BUSINESS
January 14, 1993 | Chris Woodyard / Times staff writer
Pizza by Smith's: Smith's Food King, the market that offers everything from a dry cleaner to Chinese takeout under one roof, now is pitching pizzas. The La Habra store, part of a chain based in Salt Lake City, has its own pizzeria at which the cheese pies can be served up with any of 14 toppings in seven minutes. For customers who miss phoning the pizza shop for delivery, the store has a telephone in its video-rental department so that customers can place their orders.
BUSINESS
December 24, 1992 | Chris Woodyard / Times staff writer
New Smith's Store: Smith's Food & Drug Centers has opened a new market in La Habra, its 17th since re-entering the Southern California market last year. The new store is at Beach Boulevard and Imperial Highway. Other Smith's stores in Orange County are in Fullerton, Garden Grove, Stanton and Yorba Linda. As it has done in other communities, the chain has started a recycling program in conjunction with local schools. The store opening also created 95 jobs that drew 2,200 applicants.