Hazlet Goodwill Store Set To Open Thursday

HAZLET, NJ - Goodwill is slated to open a Hazlet location on Jan. 14, citing a need for a larger space amid pandemic donations.

The store and donation center will call Hazlet Plaza home, located on Route 35 and Poole Avenue. It’s the former location of Toys-R-Us.

The Aberdeen location on Cliffwood Avenue will shut its doors permanently on Jan. 13.

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The establishment reportedly needs the extra 6,000 square feet of space that the Hazlet location offers due to the influx of donations received during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement from Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey & Philadelphia President and CEO Mark B. Boyd in a news release.

“Our inventory is at an all-time high right now,” Boyd said. “We have been blessed with a dramatic increase in donations since the pandemic began. People are decluttering at a rate we have never seen before. This, along with plenty of additional space, creates an incredibly vast inventory for our bargain savvy shoppers.”

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In June 2020, Harbor Freight Tools took over the other half of the Hazlet building, which totals a whopping 35,500 square feet, according to the Asbury Park Press.

There are two other Goodwill locations in Monmouth County, found in Ocean Township and Atlantic Highlands.