FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KRON) — Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay celebrated the grand opening of its newest store in Fairfield Thursday, marking the first of 10 larger-format locations slated for the Bay Area this year. This expansion comes after the non-profit closed 11 smaller thrift stores last year.
The 27,000-square-foot facility, formerly a Big Lots in the Fairfield Corners shopping center, is now filled with 100,000 resale items. Goodwill plans to add 10,000 new items daily.
The move to larger stores is part of the company’s strategy to open locations four-times bigger than the old ones, including expanded backroom space to process donations…