Ocean State Jobbers, Inc.
Location
Rhode Island
Founded
1977-02-28
Website
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2025-09-01 (rinewstoday.com)
Back to School: Ocean State Job Lot Distributes 30,000 Backpacks -
Rhode Island news Back to School: Ocean State Job Lot Distributes 30,000 Backpacks
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2025-08-09 (newbedfordguide.com)
Help local kids in need: bring school supplies to one of BayCoast Bank's 25 branches –
BayCoast Bank is teaming up with NBC 10 WJAR, Rhode Island State Police, Ocean State Job Lot, and Cardi's Furniture & Mattresses to collect school supplies for local students and teachers through August 11th. Drop off your school supply donations at any of their 25 convenient branch locations du
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2025-08-05 (turnto10.com)
Ocean State Job Lot launches donation drive to aid malnourished children with Plumpy'Nut
Ocean State Job Lot announced they are accepting donations in support of Edesia Nutrition in stores and online.
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2025-07-30 (house.gov)
Vice Ranking Member Amo Applauds Partnership to Deliver Humanitarian Aid, Blasts Trump's Failure to Keep Aid Promises to Starving Kids and American Producers |
PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) thanked Edesia Nutrition and Ocean State Job Lot's initiative in sending Rhode Island-made therapeutic food to aid severely malnourished children in South Sudan. Amo also called on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to support American farmers and aid producers by delivering Edesia's food aid to children and providing new contracts so Edesia can continue their essential work.
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2025-07-29 (bostonglobe.com)
With USAID gone, R.I.'s Edesia Nutrition is shipping food for starving children with support from private donors - The Boston Globe
Ocean State Job Lot donated trucks to take a shipment of Edesia's fortified supplement to New York where it will be transported to South Sudan.
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2025-07-29 (thephiladelphiacitizen.org)
Citizen of the Week: Collie Turner
Collie Turner built Heroic Gardens on a formerly abandoned lot in the Northeast, designing it with a focus on healing veterans
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2025-07-28 (turnto10.com)
Ocean State Job Lot sends 285,000 pounds of Plumpy'Nut to those in need
Warehouse workers at Ocean State Job Lot loaded up trucks to send much-needed nutrition products to children in Africa on Monday.
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2025-07-25 (turnto10.com)
Ocean State Job Lot to help get Plumpy'Nut off shelves and to those in need
Ocean State Job Lot is helping to get some Plumpy'Nut supply off the shelves and into the hands of those in need.
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2025-07-17 (jurimatic.com)
Slip-and-Fall Case Yields $101K Verdict for Plaintiff
Jury awards $101K to Linda Medrzychowski in slip-and-fall case against Ocean State Job Lot, finding both parties equally liable for her injuries.
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2025-07-14 (newsbreak.com)
Ocean State Job Lot celebrates grand opening in Chester -
CHESTER — Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), the region's premier discount retail chain with 178 stores across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, celebrated the gran
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2025-07-12 (wmar2news.com)
Discount retailer Ocean State Job Lot opens 4th location in Maryland since April
The ribbon cutting of its fourth Maryland store, located at 24 Kent Towne Market in Chester, took place.
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2025-07-03 (wbjournal.com)
Ocean State Job Lot opening new Auburn location at former Big Lots | Worcester Business Journal
Ocean State plans to hire up to 70 positions for its new location.
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