Job Lot Donates Another Seven Truckloads of Food

On the heels of the carrying out the largest-ever food donation by a private company in Rhode Island earlier this year, Ocean State Job Lot has launched another convoy of trucks filled with food en route to area food banks.

The donation is part of the company's expansive "Three Square Meals" family meal assistance program and a total of seven trucks each loaded with 30,000 pounds of food delivered their cargo today.

The trucks shipped out from the 113-store strong discount retail chain's headquarters in North Kingstown, loaded with General Mills products the Job Lot Charitable Foundation arranged for purchase.

The food items include mashed potatoes, soup and pasta and were delivered to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in Providence, the Connecticut Food Bank in East Haven, Conn.; Foodshare in Bloomfield, Conn.; New Hampshire Food Bank in Manchester, N.H.; the Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury, Mass.; Food Bank of Western Massachusetts; and the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York in Latham, N.Y.

"Thanks to one of our most valued business partners, General Mills, and the generosity of Job Lot customers, we are able to fight food insecurity starting with our local communities and food banks,” comments Ocean State Job Lot Owner/Partner Alan Perlman. 

Job Lot plans to donate a total of $4.2 million worth of shelf-stable food this year. They've partnered with 13 food banks and pantries across six New England states and New York.

The program is partially funded by $1 donations made by Job Lot customers during the holiday season.