UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                              SMART & FINAL INC.
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               (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)


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                       SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT OF
                              SMART & FINAL INC.
                         FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD
                                 JULY 2, 2002

     This Supplement supplements the Proxy Statement of Smart & Final, Inc. (the
"Company"), dated as of June 14, 2002, which relates to the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders scheduled for July 2, 2002. The following sets forth certain
information relating to the equity compensation plans of the Company as of
December 30, 2001, the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company:

                     EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION



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Plan Category                           Number of securities to be           Weighted-average        Number of securities remaining
                                          issued upon exercise of           exercise price of         available for future issuance
                                       outstanding options, warrants       outstanding options,      under equity compensation plans
                                                and rights                 warrants and rights       (excluding securities reflected
                                                                                                             in column (a))
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                                                    (a)                            (b)                             (c)
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Equity compensation plans approved
by security holders:

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     Stock Incentive Plan:                       547,147                         $11.2914                             0
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     Long-Term Equity
     Compensation Plan:                        2,306,675                         $10.0840                       906,751 (1)
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     Non-Employee
     Director Stock Plan:                              0                         $      0                       125,000 (2)
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Equity compensation plans not
approved by security holders:

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    Options to purchase
    Common Stock (3):                            158,500                         $ 9.4594                             0
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          Total                                3,012,322                         $10.2704                     1,031,751
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(1) These shares are also available for grant as restricted stock awards, stock
appreciation rights and other stock-based incentives.

(2) These shares are available for award pursuant to an annual formula grant.
The number of shares awarded is equal to the quotient of $15,000 divided by the
fair market value of the Company's stock on the date of award.

(3) Represents individual options to purchase shares of the Common Stock granted
to certain non-employee directors of the Company. Each of those options provides
for a term of 10 years and reflects an exercise price equal to the fair market
value of the Company's Common Stock as of the date of grant thereof. For options
granted on May 4, 1999 (covering an aggregate of 100,000 shares), one-third vest
at each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant. For the
remaining options granted on May 11, 1999 and May 1, 2000, one-third become
exercisable two years after the grant date and each year thereafter, so that
100% is exercisable four years after grant date. It is contemplated that these
options will be included in the Non-Employee Director Stock Plan as discussed in
the Proxy Statement under the section thereof describing the proposal to amend
the Non-Employee Director Stock Plan.

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