EZ Buy Bins Relocated to Larger St. Cloud Facility

The retailer has moved to a larger site to accommodate increased storage, parking, and operational needs.

Updated on Oct. 12, 2026 in Openings & Closings

EZ Buy Bins Relocated to Larger St. Cloud Facility

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Discount retailer EZ Buy Bins has relocated its operations from Waite Park to Centennial Plaza in St. Cloud. The move provides the business with a larger retail footprint, additional storage space, and improved parking facilities.

Why it matters

The relocation was driven by the company's need for more physical space to manage its inventory of Amazon returns and overstocked retail goods. Scaling into a larger footprint allows the operator to support higher volume inventory management and customer traffic.

The store now supports a staff of five employees plus volunteers at its new Centennial Plaza site. This move follows the business's initial launch in August 2020.

The players

EZ Buy Bins

A secondary-market retailer specializing in Amazon returns and overstocked merchandise sourced from various retailers.

The details

The business model relies on the consistent turnover of Amazon returns and overstocked inventory, which necessitates a structured restocking cycle that occurs every Friday and Saturday. By moving to a larger location, the store addresses previous capacity constraints that impacted daily operations, including storage overflow and limited parking availability for shoppers. The store is now open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a 6 p.m. closing on Sundays and remains closed on Thursdays to facilitate stock replenishment.

Timeline

  1. August 2020: The business opened its original store.

  2. Late September 2026: The business relocated to its new facility in St. Cloud.

Market Landscape

The relocation reflects the broader sector trend of secondary-market retailers scaling physical footprints to accommodate increased inventory throughput. The expansion follows the established pattern of discounters prioritizing location size and parking access to drive high-volume, low-margin sales.

Operators scaling their physical retail space should prioritize parking and backend storage capacity as essential bottlenecks to managing high-turnover inventory. Future adjustments to operating hours or restocking schedules should be benchmarked against current staffing levels to ensure consistency.

The takeaway

The move highlights how inventory-intensive retailers must prioritize logistical infrastructure like storage and parking to sustain growth. Operators managing high-turnover inventory should monitor weekly restocking cycles and staffing requirements to optimize efficiency at new, larger locations.

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