Shoppers 'Stormed' Saturday Opening of Fridley Salvation Army Store

What is your impression of the new retail outlet? Share your thoughts in a comment.

Fridley's new Salvation Army store—the first in the Midwest to sell only new merchandise—took in $78,000 on its opening day Saturday. That's according to a tweet Monday afternoon from the Salvation Army: Saturday shoppers stormed our new Fridley store that only sells new items. $78,000 raised for ppl in need. "It's a new look at an old idea," Jack Kinney, director of Operations for Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center told the Star Tribune: "We needed to change or cease to exist," Kinney said. "New merchandise brings in new customers." The organization's downtown Minneapolis rehab center gets all of the money generated at the new store. It's been quite a holiday-winter season for retail in Fridley: A new Goodwill store opened in …

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New Fridley Salvation Army Store with Only New Merchandise Opens Saturday

Unique in Midwest, store takes place of former Brand Name Deals just north of Moore Lake and east of Hwy. 65. It joins Goodwill, which opened last month, in shaking up the Fridley retail scene.

Fridley has a brand new Salvation Army retail store where Brand Name Deals use to be. The store—open 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Monday through Saturday at 1000 E. Moore Lake Dr., just north of the Shorewood restaurant—is unlike any other the Salvation Army operates in the Midwest: All of the merchandise for sale is new. "It will be exciting," said Annette Bauer, community relations director at the Salvation Army's Northern Division, in an interview before the Christmas holiday season. Not only is the merchandise new, Bauer said—some of the products for sale have never even seen the inside of a store before, she said. You can still make donations of used items at the Salvation Army's new Fridley location, Bauer said. All proceeds from sales at the store…

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Last Saturday for Santa Breakfast and '70s Show, First for Goodwill Shopping

A few Fridley favorites are coming and going today. It's the last Breakfast with Santa at the Shorewood, and the last Saturday hours for 'Christmas in the 1970s' at Fridley History Center. But it's the first day for regular hours at the new Fridley Goodwi

It's the last Saturday for a couple attractions and the first Saturday for another in Fridley. The popular Christmas in the 1970s exhibit at the Fridley History Center has its final Saturday hours from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. It's free. Santa will have Breakfast with Santa, at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 15, 2012, at the Shorewood Bar and Grill. The new Goodwill retail store throws open its doors for a regular shopping day for the first time on Saturday. What are you doing this Saturday?

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How Do You Feel about the new Goodwill Store in Fridley?

New Fridley Goodwill Preview Sale is Friday, 4–7 p.m. Store opens Saturday at 9 a.m.

New Thrift-Shops for Fridley: Goodwill Opens Dec. 15, Salvation Army in Jan.

Goodwill's preview sale is Friday, Dec. 14.

There is an earthquake coming in Fridley's thrift-shop landscape. Goodwill/Easter Seals is opening a new retail store in the former Petco space next to the Home Depot next week. The store opens to the public on Dec. 15, 2012, with a preview opening on Dec. 14. The Salvation Army will open a new retail store in the former Brand Name Deals buildling just north of the Shorewood Bar and Grill in January. What are you looking forward to with these two stores coming to town? Leave a comment below.

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It's Recruitment Day at New Fridley Goodwill Store

Check into dozens of new jobs from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.

Fridley Getting Goodwill Store in December

Retail space where PetSmart was will include drive-through for donations.

Fridley will have a Goodwill retail store starting in December. Goodwill/Easter Seals plans to open the store to the public on Dec. 15, 2012, after a preview opening on Dec. 14. The retail space—currently under renovation—is next to The Home Depot at 5660 Main St. NE and was formerly home to PetSmart. The store will include a staffed, drive-through donation center. The store will employ 35 people in full- and part-time positions, according to Goodwill/Easter Seals. Both the store and the donation center will be open seven days a week: Fridley Goodwill store hours Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Fridley Goodwill donation center hours Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, 11 …

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