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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.100

                                 FIRST WAIVER
                        (BRIDGE LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT)

          This FIRST WAIVER (BRIDGE LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT) (the "Waiver"), dated
as of July 22, 1998, is among SMART & FINAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH, a branch duly licensed under
the laws of the State of California (the "Bank") of a banking corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of France.

                            PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

          WHEREAS, the Company and the Bank have entered into a Bridge Loan
Credit Agreement dated as of April 10, 1998 (the "Credit Agreement"; the terms
defined therein being used herein as therein defined unless otherwise defined
herein); and

          WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Bank waive, through
September 30, 1998, any Default or Event of Default that may have occurred by
reason of the Company's failure to comply with certain covenants of the Credit
Agreement expressly identified below;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:

          SECTION 1.  Waiver under Credit Agreement.  Effective as of May 15,
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1998 (the "Effective Date") and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, the Bank hereby waives, during the
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period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on and including September 30,
1998 (the "Waiver Period"), any Default or Event of Default which would arise by
reason of the Company's failure to comply with Section 6.14 (Cash Flow Ratio) of
the Credit Agreement.  At the end of the Waiver Period, if the Company is not in
compliance with such Section pursuant to the terms thereof, a Default or  Event
or Default shall be deemed to exist unless, and except to the extent that, such
Default or Event of Default is further waived or the same shall cease to exist
by reason of an amendment to the applicable provisions of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 2.  Applicable Margin; Commitment Fee.
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          (a)     As of June 20, 1998 and until the end of the Waiver Period,
Sections 2.05(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement are hereby deleted in their
entirety and replaced with the following:

     "Section 2.05.   Interest Rates and Payment.
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          (a)     Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
          principal amount thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made
          until it becomes due, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) Base
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          Rate 
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          and (ii) from June 20, 1998 and until the end of the Waiver Period,
          one-half of one percent (.50%).

          (b) Each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
          amount thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made until it
          becomes due, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) Adjusted
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          LIBOR and (ii) (a) prior to June 20, 1998, the Applicable Margin, and
          (b) from June 20, 1998 and until the end of the Waiver Period, one and
          one-quarter of one percent (1.25%)."

          (b) As of June 20, 1998 and until the end of the Waiver Period, the
reference to "one hundred and seventy-five hundredths of one percent (0.175%)"
in Section 2.06 (Fees) is hereby deleted and replaced with "0.35%."

          SECTION 3.  Conditions of Effectiveness.  This Waiver shall become
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effective when the Bank shall have received (a) counterparts of this Waiver
executed by the Company and the Bank, and (b) counterparts of the Consent
appended hereto executed by each of Smart & Final Food Stores Corporation,
American Foodservice Distributors, Inc. and Port Stockton Food Distributors,
Inc., each a California corporation.

          SECTION 4.  Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. (a) Upon
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the effectiveness of this Waiver, on and after the date hereof each reference in
the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" or words of like
import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other
documents entered into in connection with the Credit Agreement (as amended, the
"Loan Documents") to "the Credit Agreement," "thereunder," "thereof" or words of
like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to
the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.

          (b) Except as specifically provided above, the Credit Agreement and
all other Loan Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and effect
and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

          (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Waiver shall
not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right,
power or remedy of the Bank under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a
waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

          (d) The Bank and the Company, and, by execution of the Consent
appended hereto, each Guarantor, specifically acknowledges and agrees that (i)
none of the Company, the Guarantors, or the Bank has agreed to any other or
future waiver of or amendment to the Loan Documents, (ii) neither the granting
of the waiver described herein nor the granting of any prior waivers and
amendments under the Loan Documents creates any obligation whatsoever on the
part of the Company, the Guarantors, or the Bank to grant any other or future
waiver or amendment under the Loan Documents, and (iii) except as specifically
set forth herein, each of the Company, the Guarantors, and the Bank have
reserved all rights and remedies under the Loan Documents.

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          SECTION 5.  General Release of Claims. (a) The Company and the
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Guarantors (by execution of the Consent appended hereto) each represent and
agree that they have both diligently and thoroughly investigatged the existence
of any Claim (as defined below), and to their knowledge and belief, no Claim
exists and no facts exist that could give rise to or support a Claim.

          (b)  As additional consideration for the waivers as set forth herein,
the Company (by its execution hereof) and each the Guarantors (by its execution
of the Consent appended hereto) and each of their respective agents, employees,
directors, officers, attorneys, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns
(individually a "Releasing Party," and collectively the "Releasing Parties")
each hereby releases and forever discharges the Bank and all of its agents,
direct and indirect shareholders, employees, directors, officers, attorneys,
branches, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns (individually, a
"Released Party," and collectively, the "Released Parties") of and from all
damage, loss, claims, demands, liabilities, obligations (except for any such
obligations hereafter arising pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, as
amended to date), actions and causes of action whatsoever (collectively
"Claims") that the Releasing Parties and each of them may, as of the date
hereof, have or claim to have against each of the Released Parties, in each case
whether presently known or with respect to which the facts are known (or should
have been known) that could give rise to or support a Claim and of every nature
and extent whatsoever on account of or in any way relating to, arising out of or
based upon the Loan Documents or this Waiver (including clause (a) above and the
Consent appended hereto) or the negotiation or documentation hereof or the
waivers under the Loan Documents effected by this Waiver or the transactions
contemplated hereby, or any action or omission in connection with any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, all such loss or damage of any kind
heretofore sustained, or that may arise as a consequence of the dealings between
the parties up to the date hereof in connection with or in any way related to
the Loan Documents or this Waiver.  Each Releasing Party further covenants and
agrees that it has not assigned heretofore, and will not hereafter sue any
Released Party upon, any Claim released or purported to be released under this
Section, and the Company and each of the Guarantors will indemnify and hold
harmless said Released Parties against any loss or liability on account of any
actions brought by any Releasing Party or its assigns or prosecuted on behalf of
any Releasing Party and relating to any Claim released or purported to be
released under this Section.  It is further understood and agreed that any and
all rights under the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code are
expressly waived by each of the Releasing Parties.  Section 1542 provides as
follows:

          "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE
     CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE
     TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE
     MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR."

          SECTION 6.  Representations and Warranties.  Each of the Company and
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each of the Guarantors (by its execution of the Consent appended hereof)
represents and warrants to the Bank that:

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          (a) The representations and warranties in the Credit Agreement and
each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party remain true and correct
in all material respects immediately prior to and upon giving effect to this
Waiver and the Consent, as if the same were made on the date of the
effectiveness of the amendments set forth herein (except for those relating to
an earlier date which were true and correct in all material respects as of such
date).

          (b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Waiver and the
Consent by the Borrower and the Guarantors, as applicable, has been duly
authorized by all necessary organizational action.

          (c) All conditions set forth in Section 3 of this Waiver have been
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satisfied.

          (d) Upon giving effect to this Waiver, there is no and will not be
any, Default or Event of Default.

          SECTION 7.  Costs, Expenses and Taxes.  The Company agrees to pay on
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demand all costs and expenses of the Bank in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration of this Waiver, the Consent hereto, and
the other instruments and documents, if any, to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out of pocket expenses of
counsel for the Bank with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Bank
as to its rights and responsibilities hereunder and thereunder.  The Company
further agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses, if any (including,
without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses), in connection with
the enforcement (whether though negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of
this Waiver, the Consent hereto, and the other instruments and documents to be
delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and
expenses in connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section.

          SECTION 8.  Execution in Counterparts.  This Waiver and the Consent
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hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which taken together shall constitute
but one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page to this Waiver or the Consent hereto by telefacsimile shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Waiver or such
Consent.

          SECTION 9.  Governing Law.  This Waiver and Consent hereto shall be
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governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
California.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Waiver
(Bridge Loan Credit Agreement) to be executed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, as the date first above written.

                              SMART & FINAL INC.

                              By:  /s/ Donald G. Alvarado
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                                  Name:  Donald G. Alvarado
                                  Title:    Secretary

                              CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH

                              By: /s/ Pascal Poupelle 
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                                  Name: Pascal Poupelle
                                  Title: Executive President
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                                    CONSENT

                           Dated as of July 22, 1998

          The undersigned, SMART & FINAL STORES CORPORATION, AMERICAN
FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., and PORT STOCKTON FOOD DISTRIBUTORS, INC., each
a California corporation and party to the Subsidiary Guaranty (as defined in the
Credit Agreement referred to in the foregoing Waiver), each hereby consents to
the foregoing Waiver and hereby confirms and agrees that the Subsidiary Guaranty
is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified
and confirmed in all respects except that, upon the effectiveness of, and on and
after the date of, the said Waiver, each reference in the Subsidiary Guaranty to
the Credit Agreement, "thereunder," "thereof" or words of like import shall mean
and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified by the said Waiver.

                              SMART & FINAL STORES CORPORATION

                              By:  /s/ Richard Phegley
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                                 Name:  Richard Phegley
                                 Title:    VP & Treasurer


                              AMERICAN FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                              By:  /s/ Donald G. Alvarado
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                                 Name:  Donald G. Alvarado
                                 Title:    Secretary
 

                              PORT STOCKTON FOOD DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                              By:  /s/ Donald G. Alvarado
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                                 Name:  Donald G. Alvarado
                                 Title:    Secretary