Three Square Meals

Together, we can deliver millions of meals to families in need throughout the Northeast.

When you give to our Three Square Meals program, we ensure that every dollar goes even further by matching donations, using our purchasing power, covering food distribution costs, and working alongside community food pantries, kitchens, churches and food banks. Simply put, when you give to the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation, we stretch your dollar and help more people who need us now, more than ever.

Millions of our neighbors struggle with putting food on their table, but when we work together we can make a difference. Giving to the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation is as easy as donating at one of our store registers or by clicking the “Donate Now” button above. With your help, we can provide millions of meals to people in need this holiday season, and beyond.

Since its inception, Job Lot’s food insecurity program, in partnership with our generous customers, has supplied more than 60 million meals to families who are struggling with food insecurity. Thanks to you we’re making a difference throughout the Northeast!

The Fight Against Food Insecurity

Through our decades of experience and unique buying power, Ocean State Job Lot acquires food at a fraction of what others pay, including many of the largest regional food banks in the Northeast. In fact, food banks rely on Ocean State Job Lot as a resource to acquire food more effectively.

108 million meals to people in need since 2013

The Impact We’ve Made

Since the inception of the Three Square Meals program in 2013, the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has provided the equivalent of 104 million meals to local food pantries, churches, and regional food banks. In 2022, Ocean State Job Lot helped provide nearly 2 million pounds of food – the equivalent of approximately 4 million meals – to organizations including pantries, kitchens, food banks and social service agencies across nine states. With your help, we can continue to fight food insecurity and deliver more meals to families in need through this program.

Take a look at some of our recent donations:

In November 2022, we partnered with RIPTA; iHeart Radio stations B101, 94 HJY, Now 93.3; and We Share Hope for a food drive where donations were collected at all Rhode Island stores. In total, 5,000 pounds of food were collected and donated locally to help families in need.
20,000 restaurant-cooked meals were donated to frontline heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over 11 million meals were served to individuals and families in communities where we operate our stores.

Our work to fight food insecurity in the Northeast continues and will remain a focal point for our Foundation for years to come. All costs involved in our procurement of food for donation including labor, warehousing and transportation, are paid for by Ocean State Job Lot’s retail operation, ensuring that 100% of every donation given to our nonprofit foundation goes directly to those who need it most.

The Fight Against Food Insecurity

Through our decades of experience and unique buying power, Ocean State Job Lot acquires food at a fraction of what others pay, including many of the largest regional food banks in the Northeast. In fact, food banks rely on Ocean State Job Lot as a resource to acquire food more effectively.

108 million meals to people in need since 2013

The Impact We’ve Made

Since the inception of the Three Square Meals program in 2013, the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has provided the equivalent of 108 million meals to local food pantries, churches, and regional food banks. In 2023, Ocean State Job Lot helped provide nearly 2 million pounds of food – the equivalent of approximately 4 million meals – to organizations including pantries, kitchens, food banks and social service agencies across nine states. With your help, we can continue to fight food insecurity and deliver more meals to families in need through this program.

In November 2023, we again worked alongside our partners at iHeart Radio stations B101, 94 HJY, Now 93.3; and We Share Hope at the Narragansett Brewery in East Providence, Rhode Island for the Food and Funds Drive to collect money and food to support We Share Hope and other food pantries in the state of Rhode Island. Thanks to the generosity of listeners and customers, we raised tens of thousands of dollars for local families in need.
Our work to fight food insecurity in the Northeast continues and will remain a focal point for our Foundation for years to come. All costs involved in our procurement of food for donation including labor, warehousing and transportation, are paid for by Ocean State Job Lot’s retail operation, ensuring that 100% of every donation given to our nonprofit foundation goes directly to those who need it most.