# 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

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## 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

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### Known for

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## 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

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### 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

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### Awards

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### 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)