Exhibit 32.1

                                  CERTIFICATION
                         PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. (S) 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                    (S) 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. (S)1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, the undersigned
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Smart & Final Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended October 5, 2003 (the "Report")
fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly
presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.

Date: November 17, 2003                             /s/  Ross E. Roeder
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                                                       Ross E. Roeder
                                                  Chairman of the Board and
                                                    Chief Executive Officer