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Goodwill Closes Eight Stores In Three Bay Area Counties

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Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay on Friday announced the closure of eight retail stores in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties, and the layoffs of 61 employees, citing the economic consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The locations closing are in Oakley, Dublin, Livermore, Durant Square in Oakland, Albany, Berkeley, Dixon, and Vallejo.

“We have had to make a difficult decision for economic reasons,” said Mike Keenan, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay. “Our employees are our first priority and we will continue to do everything we can to support them at this difficult time and fulfill the Goodwill mission in our remaining stores and facilities.”

The nonprofit organization said the laid off workers “will receive a separation package that will include one week of pay, a month of health benefits, and individual career services including: resume development and assistance, mock interviews, job search and potential placements, and assistance applying for EDD benefits.”

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Revenue from sales of donated goods at its stores are used to provide jobs for vulnerable members of the community, Goodwill said.

The organization provides no-cost training, employment placement services and support services to those in need, ‘including people with disabilities, people impacted by the criminal justice system, people who are unemployed or underemployed, veterans and military families, older workers, and young adults,” it said in a news release.

“But because our stores have been shut down for most of the last year due to the pandemic, it has created a tremendous fiscal challenge and we must make a challenging business decision in order to sustain mission services,” Goodwill said.

10 comments


Hmmmm March 7, 2021 - 4:32 PM - 4:32 PM

So…will the CEO of Goodwill lose any of his over $700,000 a year salary?

Cellophane March 7, 2021 - 5:41 PM - 5:41 PM

LOL

The CEO will get a raise plus a bonus for saving the industry.

I refuse to donate anything to GWI.

Ilovepopcorn March 7, 2021 - 6:21 PM - 6:21 PM

My fav thrift store is Leftovers in Walnut Creek on Olympic Blvd. It is amazing, and the proceeds go to the Crisis Center. They are a nonprofit organization. Nothing like the Goodwill😀. However I find great things there also!! I love thrift shops.

Fact Check March 8, 2021 - 7:15 AM - 7:15 AM

They are a nonprofit organization, just like the Goodwill.

mohairs March 8, 2021 - 11:46 AM - 11:46 AM

@Fact Check Goodwill is a *for* profit organization.

Fact Check March 8, 2021 - 1:47 PM - 1:47 PM

FACT: Goodwill is a non-profit corporation.
Just because you shared a stupid meme on Facebook, doesn’t make it true.

anon March 7, 2021 - 7:21 PM - 7:21 PM

Every time I went there to donate something I was turned away. They always said that they were full.

Sam L March 7, 2021 - 9:13 PM - 9:13 PM

Sad news, giving people a second chance 🙁

anon March 8, 2021 - 1:39 AM - 1:39 AM

Very sad, goodwill has always been close to my heart and I’ve gotten a hundred plus great deals there. Yeah their executives make more money than they probably should.

Goodwill does great things for the environment. I have multiple high-end appliances I got at thrift stores for like 10% of their cost, just off the top of my head: toaster ovens, pressure cookers, hepa air filters, espresso machines, burr coffee grinders, vornado fans and a great vornado fan-heater, all working years and years after I bought them.

Thrift stores do alot of good and it is very sad when any thrift store closes.

Tomato Girl March 8, 2021 - 6:39 AM - 6:39 AM

C’est la vie The Goodwill has over charged for years. Hopefully other thrift stores can take advantage of a shrinking Goodwill footprint


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