Value Village, a thrift store that once had more than a dozen locations around metro Atlanta, will soon close three more stores, leaving the group with just four stores in operation in the state.
The stores that are closing are:
3857 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker
2280 Main Street, Snellville
7055 Highway 85, Riverdale
The Tucker store just this past May celebrated a "grand reopening" following a short closure, reset, and renovation under Saver's ownership.
There are reportedly no immediate plans to offer "liquidation sales" at the closing stores, with inventory reportedly being moved to other Atlanta area stores that will remain open.
On forums and social media, Atlanta area thrifters have decried higher prices and less compelling inventory under Savers' ownership, with some indicating that they have stopped shopping at their stores.
The three closures come on the heels of three other Value Village closures in the Atlanta area in 2024, including those on Metropolitan Parkway in Atlanta, Nelson Brogdon Boulevard in Sugar Hill, and Highway 5 in Douglasville. The company previously also closed stores on Cobb Parkway in Marietta between The Big Chicken and White Water, and on Roswell Road in Alpharetta across from the former Andretti Indoor Karting & Games.
Value Village was forced to shut its longstanding Moreland Avenue store down in 2021 after being a neighborhood landmark since 1972. Controversial developer Empire Communities replaced the dated shopping center with several hundred housing units and new retail space.
Value Village is the primary anchor in the Tucker and Snellville centers where the thrift stores are located, while the Riverdale store is located in a center with several other junior anchors.
The group did not indicate whether they plan to seek new sites for the three stores that are closing.
Following the closures, the group will continue to operate the following stores in metro Atlanta, according to its website:
4749 Jonesboro Road, Forest Park
1416 Dogwood Drive, Conyers
2281 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
3435 Memorial Drive, Decatur
Interestingly, the Decatur store is located in the same center where Kroger closed their "Citi-Center" store this past September.
Value Village is, of course, one of several thrift store operators in metro Atlanta. Another, Park Avenue Thrift, has seven stores in metro Atlanta plus one outlet in Lawrenceville, too. The most dominant player, however, is Goodwill Industries and their Atlanta affiliate, Goodwill of North Georgia, which operates seventy stores across the northern portion of the state.
Each operator has some kind of charitable component, but the fact that Savers Value Village is a publicly traded company makes it decidedly different. "The Savers® Family of Thrift stores is the largest for-profit thrift operator in the United States and Canada," says the company on its website.
What would you like to open in place of the soon-to-close Value Village stores? What is your favorite Atlanta area thrift store? What is the best thing you have ever found at a thrift store?
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4 comments:
Value Village has NEVER been on my list …… Last Chance THRIFT store was but it’s going down the drain too.
Please don't do this to us... We just lost JOANN's! Now this?
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Don’t forget Big Lots! ðŸ˜
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