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Monday, January 14, 2013

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

Saturday, January 12, 2013

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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Brand Name Deals, Shorewood Bar & Grill, and New Thrift-Shops for Fridley: Goodwill Opens Dec. 15, Salvation Army in Jan.

jane doe

10:19 am on Friday, March 29, 2013

visited new Salvation army store for the first time yesterday. VERY disappointed. Prices are high- could get the stuff cheaper shopping sale end caps at Target or Walmart. Not what we were looking for.....salvation army is suppose to have GOOD prices to help those in need.   more ›

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Fridley School Gets Profits from Golden Valley Thrift Store

Scholarship programs at Calvin Christian schools, including its high school in Fridley, benefit from sales at New To You Thriftique.

The 22 people who sort donations, price items and help customers each week at Golden Valley's New To You Thriftique don't get paid a dime. The volunteers are mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers to children who attend Calvin Christian Schools—a private chain of schools with a high school in Calvin Christian High School in Fridley and Kindergarten through eighth grade schools in Edina and Blaine. All of the shop's proceeds go toward a tuition scholarship fund at Calvin Christian Schools. See also: 'Blessings Filter Out' "During the economic downturn, in 2008, our school's enrollment really dropped," Christine Weiss, co-chair of the store, said. "They decided to open the store as a way to allow students to stay enrolled, rather …

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Calvin Christian High School, Calvin Christian School, Frugal Fridley Family: Take a Tour of 13 Area Thrift Stores, and 9 more ›

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Frugal Fridley Family: Take a Tour of 13 Area Thrift Stores

None are in Fridley itself but more than a dozen are nearby.

As the season for garage sales and yard sales comes to a close with the first few flakes of snow, where do hardcore thrifty people head? To the local thrift stores, of course! The city of Fridley itself is strangely lacking in these frugal family stores, so Fridley Patch went on a scavenger hunt to surrounding areas. There are 13 such stores close by on the east side of the Mississippi River. Before heading out, check out Hennepin County's Choose to Reuse and their Facebook page for their online coupon book that is good until Nov. 30. It includes a 15 percent off purchase coupon at the Eastside Thrift, a 25 percent off purchase coupon at The Salvation Army, a 25 percent off your purchase at Hidden Treasures, and a 50 percent off one item …

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Frugal Fridley Family: Unclaimed Storage Store Opens in Coon Rapids

Christine Gordon Brown

4:30 pm on Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Great information! Anyone visiting your area would find this very helpful.   more ›

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