Apr 10, 2006 12:00 PM, ELLIOT ZWIEBACH

By: ELLIOT ZWIEBACH

LOS ANGELES - Smart & Final, the non-membership warehouse chain here, may be on the block in the next few months now that its majority owner, Casino Guichard-Perrachon, has announced plans to dispose of non-core assets by the end of 2007.

However, since Groupe Casino has not yet specified which assets it will sell, it's possible it will hold onto the company, industry observers told SN.

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