Charity shop one illustration of their support for the charity sector and the role of charity shops in raising funds for charities. Charities can apply for discretionary relief on the remaining 20%, which is an occasional source of criticism from retailers which have to pay in full. In Australia, major national opportunity shop chains include the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store (trading as Vinnies) which operate 627 shops across Australia, Anglicare Shops, that currently operate in 19 locations across Sydney and the Illawarra also various locations around Australia, the Salvation Army (trading as Salvos), the Red Cross, MS Australia, and the
Stop & Shop Massachusetts. Also Stop & Shop entered Rhode Island and Connecticut in the early 1950s, New York in the early '60s, and New Jersey in the late '60s. With Bradlees in the company, Stop & Shop began offering some non-food items in their supermarkets normally not found in a food store. In many areas Stop & Shop and Bradlees were next door to each other with the concept of one stop shopping. It also operated a chain of pharmacies named Medi-Mart, which were sold to Walgreens in the late 1980s, as well as Perkins Tobacco Stores in the 1960s and 1970s.