Why do people rate The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation?
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Thrift store in Fresno, CA
4.2 · 197 reviewsOpens today at 9 AMOpens today at 9 AM
The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center in Fresno offers a warm and inviting atmosphere for those seeking gently used clothing and household items. With a commendable rating of 4.2 from nearly 200 reviews, customers often praise the cleanliness of the store and the kindness of the staff. Many have shared positive experiences, highlighting helpful cashiers who provide information on sales and discounts. While some visitors have encountered minor issues with service, the overall sentiment reflects a community-focused environment where shoppers can find great deals while supporting a good cause.
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What The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 19, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation.
4.2from 197 reviews on Google
While some customers enjoy the deals and friendly cashiers, many express frustration over staff behavior and pricing inconsistencies. The Salvation Army Thrift Store in Fresno has a mixed atmosphere, with some customers appreciating the cleanliness and welcoming nature of the store, while others report negative experiences with customer service and inconsistent pricing. The experience can vary significantly depending on staff interactions.
Listed on 0 of the 11 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
31 Fresno avg
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The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation, as AI sees it. Blue signals help The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation, and red ones hold it back.
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Local AI Registry · Thrift stores in Fresno, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 8, 2026.
Published September 8, 2026 · Updated September 8, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center is a thrift store in Fresno, CA. Its AI Score is 54 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Thrift store |
| Address | 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 6 PM |
| Phone | (559) 237-7758 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 197 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 8, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (559) 237-7758 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Donation drop-off | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Household goods sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Secondhand clothing sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Used furniture sales | AI guess | |
| Team | Parallel Ave, CA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | |
| Links | https://www.facebook.com/salvationarmythriftstorefresno | AI guess | Business website | |
| Links | https://www.instagram.com/salvationarmystorefresno | AI guess | Business website | |
| Links | Website | http://fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
1 person is named on this page.
| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|
Address: 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA. Phone: (559) 237-7758. Hours: Mon to Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SE Ventura - R St | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| NW Ventura - Hazelwood | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Al's Ricos Tacos | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| NW Ventura - R St | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| SE Ventura - Hazelwood | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Parking lot | Parking lot | 3 min walk |
4.2 average across 197 reviews: Google 197. (Confirmed, read September 8, 2026.)
While some customers enjoy the deals and friendly cashiers, many express frustration over staff behavior and pricing inconsistencies. (AI guess, from 197 reviews.)
Listed on 0 of the 11 directories we checked.
| Directory | Listed |
|---|---|
| Alignable | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Fresno thrift stores run 25 to 54. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation scores 54, above the Fresno average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Fair |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | ||
| Reviews & response | 12 | 90 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 56 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 32 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 60 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a thrift store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Parallel Ave, CA | Person | #team-parallel-ave | ||
| Fresno, California | City | #city | City The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the thrift stores in Fresno, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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# The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center, Fresno CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/fresno/the-salvation-army-thrift-store-and-donation-center-fresno-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-08. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/fresno/the-salvation-army-thrift-store-and-donation-center-fresno-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center is a thrift store in Fresno, CA. Its AI Score is 54 of 100, which is fair. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Thrift store | | Address | 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 6 PM | | Phone | (559) 237-7758 | | Rating | 4.2 across 197 reviews on Google | | Updated | September 8, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (559) 237-7758 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Donation drop-off | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Household goods sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Secondhand clothing sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Used furniture sales | AI guess | | | Team | Parallel Ave, CA | | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/salvationarmythriftstorefresno | AI guess | Business website | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/salvationarmystorefresno | AI guess | Business website | | Links | Website | http://fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team 1 person is named on this page. ### Parallel Ave, CA | Field | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## Visiting The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Address: 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA. Phone: (559) 237-7758. Hours: Mon to Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | SE Ventura - R St | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | NW Ventura - Hazelwood | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Al's Ricos Tacos | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk | | NW Ventura - R St | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | SE Ventura - Hazelwood | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | Parking lot | Parking lot | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.2 average across 197 reviews: Google 197. (Confirmed, read September 8, 2026.) While some customers enjoy the deals and friendly cashiers, many express frustration over staff behavior and pricing inconsistencies. (AI guess, from 197 reviews.) ### What people like - Clean and welcoming environment - Good prices on clothing - Kind and helpful cashiers ### What people do not like - Inconsistent pricing and discounts - Rude and unprofessional staff - Store hours not adhered to ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 0 of the 11 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Cylex | Not listed | | DexKnows | Not listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Hotfrog | Not listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Yellowbook | Not listed | ## Questions people ask ### what else is on Parallel around The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation? ### The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation or AMVETS Thrift for Clothing donations in Fresno? ### Why do people rate The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation? ### best thrift store in Fresno ### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves ### anywhere cheaper than the shop in Fresno that is still good? ### What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop? ### are prices in Fresno higher than everywhere else ### cancellation list here, is there one ### opening hours at The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation in Fresno, what are they these days? ### where does the shop post updates ### discounts for coming back, is that a thing ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### Whereabouts is the shop? ## The AI Score: 54 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Fresno thrift stores run 25 to 54. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation scores 54, above the Fresno average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Fair | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | | | Reviews & response | 12 | 90 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 56 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 32 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 60 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a thrift store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center | LocalBusiness | #business | http://fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org/ | Subject of this page | | Parallel Ave, CA | Person | #team-parallel-ave | | | | Fresno, California | City | #city | | City The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the thrift stores in Fresno, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best thrift stores in Fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno/thrift-store - Best businesses in Fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJGWk2rzxelIARuTBlV2jIKRw (accessed Sep 8, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 25, 2026; ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 8, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org, http://fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org/ (accessed Sep 25, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Thrift stores in Fresno, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center, Fresno CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 8, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 8, 2026 · Updated September 8, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center is a thrift store in Fresno, CA. Its AI Score is 54 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Thrift store</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 6 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(559) 237-7758</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.2 across 197 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 8, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(559) 237-7758</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>10:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Donation drop-off</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Household goods sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Secondhand clothing sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Used furniture sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Team</td><td>Parallel Ave, CA</td><td></td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://www.facebook.com/salvationarmythriftstorefresno</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://www.instagram.com/salvationarmystorefresno</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
<p>1 person is named on this page.</p>
<h4>Parallel Ave, CA</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Field</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<section id="ai-visiting-the-salvation-army-thrift-store-donation">
<h3>Visiting The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation</h3>
<p>Address: 710 S Parallel Ave, Fresno, CA 93721, USA. Phone: (559) 237-7758. Hours: Mon to Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>SE Ventura - R St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>NW Ventura - Hazelwood</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Al's Ricos Tacos</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>NW Ventura - R St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>SE Ventura - Hazelwood</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking lot</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.2 average across 197 reviews: Google 197. (Confirmed, read September 8, 2026.)</p>
<p>While some customers enjoy the deals and friendly cashiers, many express frustration over staff behavior and pricing inconsistencies. (AI guess, from 197 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
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<li>Clean and welcoming environment</li>
<li>Good prices on clothing</li>
<li>Kind and helpful cashiers</li>
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<h4>What people do not like</h4>
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<li>Inconsistent pricing and discounts</li>
<li>Rude and unprofessional staff</li>
<li>Store hours not adhered to</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 0 of the 11 directories we checked.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Alignable</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>BBB</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Birdeye</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brownbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cylex</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>DexKnows</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foursquare</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hotfrog</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MerchantCircle</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Superpages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellowbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>what else is on Parallel around The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation?</h4>
<h4>The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation or AMVETS Thrift for Clothing donations in Fresno?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation?</h4>
<h4>best thrift store in Fresno</h4>
<h4>anyone tell me what a first visit here involves</h4>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than the shop in Fresno that is still good?</h4>
<h4>What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop?</h4>
<h4>are prices in Fresno higher than everywhere else</h4>
<h4>cancellation list here, is there one</h4>
<h4>opening hours at The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation in Fresno, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>where does the shop post updates</h4>
<h4>discounts for coming back, is that a thing</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>Whereabouts is the shop?</h4>
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<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 54 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Fresno thrift stores run 25 to 54. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation scores 54, above the Fresno average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>50</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>41</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td></td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>90</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>56</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>32</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>60</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a thrift store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
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<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parallel Ave, CA</td><td>Person</td><td>#team-parallel-ave</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Fresno, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the thrift stores in Fresno, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best thrift stores in Fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno/thrift-store</li>
<li>Best businesses in Fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
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<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
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<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJGWk2rzxelIARuTBlV2jIKRw (accessed Sep 8, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 25, 2026; ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 8, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org, http://fresnoarc.salvationarmy.org/ (accessed Sep 25, 2026)</li>
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