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August 22, 2001
The Journal
Shop more
and save more at
Sunshine Thrift Store
Just about everyone likes to save money,
but we also like to have nice things. Well,
at the Sunshine Thrift Store in Clinton
Township, you can do both. At the Thrift
Store, you can find almost anything you
would find at a department store —
including clothing, electronics, books,
furniture, knickknacks and more — at
much lower prices than you would pay at
a department store.
The Thrift Store receives its merchandise
from the National Kidney Foundation, a nonprofit
organization that accepts donations of used
items from households and sells these donations
to Sunshine Thrift Store. "We have
had an excellent relationship with the National
Kidney Foundation for many years,"
says General Manager Jerry Divozzo. "They
benefit because they receive money from
us for the items they collect, we benefit
because we are able to sell the merchandise
to the public. Our customers benefit because
they are able to purchase quality items
at deep discount prices."
The Thrift Store has been in business for
11 years, and, besides the low prices, the
other factors that have made it successful
are the overall neat appearance of the store,
the quality of the merchandise, the variety
of items sold and the hard working management
staff and crew.
"Before we put anything out on the
sales floor, our experienced crew carefully
sorts through the donated items and reject
and clothing that is torn or stained and
any other items that are broken or unusable,"
says Divozzo.
The store also has a unique rotation system
in place, whereby most of the items on the
floor are replaced with new merchandise
about every four weeks, and in between they
are continuously putting out new things.
This way, customers can come in several
times a week and generally find something
new to purchase.
Divozzo gives much of the credit for the
store's success to his two store managers,
Linda Lee and Yvonne Mahone and Cathy Hauser
the Telemarketing Coordinator, who together
have 20 years of experience with the company
and know how to keep their customers satisfied.
The Sunshine Thrift Store is located on
Gratiot, North of 16 Mile in Clinton Township.
Store hours are Monday through Friday 9:00
a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00
p.m. and Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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