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Alphabet Soup thrift store plans move to former Sacks location in Petaluma

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Source: Petaluma Argus-Courier

CRISSY PASCUAL/ARGUS-COURIER STAFF Shoppers browse the racks of Alphabet Soup in downtown Petaluma on Feb. 20, 2024. (Crissy Pascual/Petaluma Argus-Courier File) By Amelia Richardson | [email protected] | [email protected]: November 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM PST | UPDATED: November 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM PSTGetting your Trinity Audio player ready...Alphabet Soup, the thrift store located on Western Avenue in downtown Petaluma for more than three decades, has announced plans to move into the nearby retail space recently vacated by Sacks Hospice Thrift Shoppe. The popular thrift shop — which sells used items out of two spaces in the 200 block of Western Avenue to benefit Petaluma Education Foundation — plans to relocate its clothing store and donation drop-offs to the now-empty site around the corner at 128 Liberty St., according to PEF’s executive director, Maureen Highland.

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