A discount retailer is taking over another former Big Lots store in Delaware, with plans to open its third location near New Castle.

Ocean State Job Lot has moved into three out of the five former Big Lots locations in Delaware. A Job Lot opened in Dover in May and in Seaford in June.

The Rhode Island discount retailer has opened stores in 18 former Big Lots stores this year as the company has strategically been repurposing Big Lots locations after the retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024 and closed all of its Delaware locations earlier this year.

"We’re thrilled to open our third store in Delaware and our first in New Castle County,” Ocean State Job Lot Director of Real Estate Mark O’Connor said in a press release. “This location represents our ongoing commitment to

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