date:Jun 23, 2014
Food retailer Smart Final Stores Inc, backed by private equity firm Ares Management LP, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its common stock.
Smart Final has about 247 small-box and warehouse-style stores in the western United States.
The company also operates about 52 Cash Carry stores, focused primarily on restaurants and foodservice businesses such as food trucks and coffee houses.
The century-old company, founded by J.S. Sma