Last week, Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Helena Foulkes — who is on the Costco Board of Directors — announced that Costco will be opening its first Rhode Island location in Smithfield.
The new Costco will likely open at the end of 2028 or in early 2029, according to John Tassoni Jr., president of the Smithfield Town Council.
“I’m so thrilled that Rhode Island is finally getting a Costco,” Foulkes wrote in a statement emailed to NBC 10 News. The closest Costco to Brown is in Sharon, Massachusetts…