Thrift Stores in Bridgewater, NS

“The nicest, cleanest, best organized SA thrift store I’ve been to. Nice selection in a small space and great prices. The lady minding the shop was very pleasant.”

“The history of the modern Value Village is linked to Savers Value Village Inc., which started as a single thrift shop in San Francisco in 1954. Today, it is a for-profit company with stores in the US, Canada, and Australia that purchases donated goods and resells them to consumers. A separate, older company also named Value Village Stores, Inc. was founded in 1961 but liquidated in 1989.
1954: The first store, initially called a thrift shop, opens in a former movie theater in San Francisco's Mission District. The company is the precursor to today's Savers Value Village Inc.
1961: A different retail chain named Value Village Stores, Inc. is founded in Illinois.
1989: The original Value Village Stores, Inc. company is liquidated.
Present: The original San Francisco thrift shop has evolved into Savers Value Village, a large for-profit thrift retailer operating in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The company partners with non-profits to collect donations, for which it pays a flat rate, and then sells the items for a profit.”