Charity shop Brotherhood of St. Laurence. Many local charitable organisations, both religious and secular, run opportunity shops. Common among these are missions and animal shelters. In the United States, major national charity thrift shop operators include Goodwill Industries, Value Village/Savers, Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, and ReStore (operated by Habitat for Humanity). Regional operators include Deseret Industries in the Western United States, and those run by Bethesda Lutheran Communities in the Upper Midwest. Many local charitable organizations, both religious and secular, operate thrift stores. Common among these are missions, children's homes, homeless shelters, and animal shelters. In addition, some
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.