Senior Wednesdays and Thrift Trivia Thursdays Are a Big Hit at BSRI Thrift Stores!

ByMikeMcGurn ThriftStoreOperationsManager

Wednesdays and Thursdays have become all the rage at BSRI Thrift Stores in Calabash and Shallotte. And for good reason! Those days provide opportunities for customers to save 20% on all regular priced items.

But it wasn’t always that way. Originally, these two promotions offered savings of 10%, but as the pandemic wore on and people needed a boost to lift their spirits, we decided to increase the savings to 20% at the beginning of 2022. Slowly but surely, people began to catch on and take advantage of these big savings on a weekly basis and now these two days have become very popular. We see lots of regular Wednesday and Thursday shoppers every week, many of whom we consider to be a part of our extended Thrift Store family.

Thrift Trivia

Take, for example, Mary and Casey Roberts, pictured with Mary’s mom Rhonda Wright and Assistant Thrift Store Operations Manager Robert Goodman. Rhonda, Mary, and Casey are Thursday regulars at both stores and love to play our Thrift Trivia promotion and save 20% on their purchases.

Here’s how it works: First you provide the answer to our Thrift Trivia question of the week, which is posted on signs in the stores on Thursdays and on the “News” page of our website (https://bsrincthrift. org/) earlier in the week. Then you go to our Online Store (the “Shop” page of our website) and look up the item marked “Manager’s Special of the Week.” Give these two answers to the cashier at checkout and get 20% off all regular priced items that you buy. How sweet is that!

We’ve had a lot of fun with the trivia questions and try to mix up the subject matter to keep it interesting. Here are a few samples of recent questions: What 2 states with 6 letters in their name share a common border? What is the nickname of the lighthouse on Bald Head Island? And, What famous archeological discovery was made 100 years ago on November 26, 1922? (See next page for answers).

Senior Wednesdays

Senior Wednesdays have been growing in popularity too. All you have to do is show up and shop, with one little catch, of course: You have to be 60 years young or older. That’s all it takes to save 20% every Wednesday on all regular priced items that you buy.