All About Used owner clarifies remarks on the nature of his business

WICHITA — Paul Trout, owner of the new All About Used store that’s coming to West Central by Barney’s Deep Discount Pharmacy, wants to clarify his remarks about the nature of his business.

“How I said it was pretty much wrong,” he says of explaining how the store will be a combination sole proprietorship and nonprofit.

“We are a sole proprietorship,” Trout says.

He’s partnering with Sunrise Christian Academy on some items in the store, though.

Sunrise, which is a nonprofit, gets donations of items and gives donors tax receipts.

“They take what they need,” Trout says. “Everything else comes to us, and we resell (it), and a portion of that goes back to them.”

All About Used to open in former West Central Aldi space

WICHITA — A new store is coming to the former Aldi space on West Central.

All About Used will open at 3110 W. Central next to Barney’s Deep Discount Pharmacy, which is also the landlord.

Paul Trout says his store, which he’s opening with his wife, Alana, is a variety thrift store that will sell “just anything and everything that anybody needs.”

There will be mostly used but some new furniture, appliances, knickknacks, electronics and building materials.

“We take donations just like any thrift store, and they can get a tax write-off,” Trout says.

He says part of the business is a sole proprietorship, and part of it is a nonprofit.

The Trouts recently moved from Missouri where they also had a store.

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