Roberts Machine & Supply Co., LLC

08/27/2026

We would like to take a moment to wish a very special young lady a Happy Birthday today! Chelby Strickland, our Office Manager, celebrated another trip around the Sun today and her coworkers joined her with a lunch in her honor, complete with ice cream cake and other goodies!
Chelby joined us in June 2022 as our Office Assistant. Today, Chelby coordinates the administrative duties and responsibilities necessary to keep our office running, including accounting, managing customer accounts & records, cash management and customer service related duties to name a few.
Chelby is a very smart young lady, with a wonderful disposition, and is an absolute pleasure to have on our staff! Please join us in wishing her a very happy and enjoyable birthday!
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08/15/2026

08/15/2026

We’re setup and ready to serve you!

Beside Roberts Machine & Supply Co., LLC (111 NC HWY 55 Mt.Olive, NC 28365) til 7pm!

Order at the window or call 252-550-0853 to order ahead! 📲

08/15/2026

Please help us find this little fella a forever home! This adorable little tuxedo colored kitten showed up at our office about three weeks ago and needs a good family to become part of! He is about six to eight weeks old, very gentle and loving! He is curious and extremely energetic & playful ... he'd make a wonderful pet for small children! Did we mention he is curious and playful? 😄
Help us find "Tux" a Forever Home .... I need my chair back soon!😆

08/15/2026

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07/27/2026

Monday lunch plans incomplete? Stop by Sadie's Kickback Kitchen food trailer and enjoy some of the same delicious menu items found at the Clinton R&R Kitchen & Taproom !! Fast ... convenient .... delicious !!

Monday - Wednesday this week we will be open from 10a-3p at 111 NC HWY 55 W. Mt. Olive, NC 28365. Find us in the open lot beside Roberts Machine & Supply Co., LLC! 🥳

Have a short lunch? No worries, give us a call at 252-550-0853 to order ahead of time!

07/27/2026

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Tired of the same ole same ole for lunch?!

We’ve got good news for you! 🙌🏻

Monday - Wednesday this week we will be open from 10a-3p at 111 NC HWY 55 W. Mt. Olive, NC 28365. Find us in the open lot beside Roberts Machine & Supply Co., LLC! 🥳

Have a short lunch? No worries, give us a call at 252-550-0853 to order ahead of time! 📲🤙

We can’t wait to serve you!

07/05/2026

Many of you have, for quite some time now, noticed, petted and played with ... an orange cat that hung out around our business. From what we can tell, this was a male cat that started showing up here when he was about one year old ... back in 2013. At that time, my dad was still coming to work every day... and took a liking to this young cat. Dad would sit at his desk at lunch time and hand scraps from his plate down to feed his new found buddy ... so I guess you could say they had lunch together everyday for years.

Because he was a male cat my dad referred to him as Tomcat ... and over the years since, we have affectionately referred to him as "Tommy." He always showed up when we were at work and when we left He would retire back to his quarters in our warehouse, back office or the building next door.

Throughout the years ... Tommy has had many brushes with death. He had two broken legs ... one finally resulting in an amputation making him the "three legged orange cat" that often got around better than most with four legs!

At one point, Tommy was also bitten by a poisonous snake and lost a large part of his neck. This took over a year to heal. He often looked hideous because of countless trips to the vet's office and the treatments that he was given required shaving. But he was nonetheless a loving and affectionate pet ... claimed by dad and various employees over the years ... and finally by me. Several customers have told us over the years that they would stop by and give Tommy treats and food when they saw him sitting outside our store waiting for employees to return to work.

In recent years Tommy developed an eye issue making it difficult for him to see out of one eye. I have probably spent more in medicine and vet bills on Tommy that I have many of the pets I have had throughout the years.

This year we estimated Tommy's age to be around 14 or 15 years old ... approximately 75 in human years.
I often spent many evenings at the office after our employees left, doing paperwork and Tommy would sit on the floor beside my chair (and try to use my leg as a scratching post!) or hop up in a chair next to me. I often viewed Tommy as the pet who picked us ...we did not pick him .... we were his people!

As Tommy aged ... his health has progressively declined .. and he said a final "goodbye" to us recently ... and made his way to "pet heaven"! For those of you who have remembered seeing the "three-legged orange cat" around our business over the years and have recently asked about him .... I wanted to share this post.

Tommy was a warm & always friendly little creature ... fearless from people and all other animals.
He never flinched when customers stopped by with their own pets, mostly dogs. He was an awesome bottle cap hockey player .... absolutely the best.
In the last few weeks, Tommy developed an infection in his mouth and gum, which made it necessary to remove a tooth. The infection, however, continued to affect his ability to eat and stay healthy....consequently, the stress was too much for his old body to take.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of the countless employees we have had over the last 15 years who helped feed, water, love, play with and care for Tommy ... during his life with us. I also thank the customers who stopped in and enjoyed seeing and petting Tommy. And a very special "Thank You!" to Dr. Mark Sasser and everyone on his remarkable staff for the care, love and treatment they provided every time Tommy needed it.

As I said earlier... I always felt like Tommy chose us as "his people" instead of Him being picked as our pet ..... but, I'm certainly glad he did!

07/04/2026

Wishing you a safe and enjoyable Independence Day weekend!

05/28/2026

A few weeks ago, a new friend appeared at our doorstep around 5:00 p.m. begging for food. As most of you know, "Tommy" ... our resident tomcat for the last 15 years... is still patroling our warehouse and stockroom ... so at this time we are not in need of another "mouser"!
This fella is quite adorable ... extremely friendly ... and easy on the eyes! We are reasonably sure that he has been abandoned so we have been feeding him in the evenings but would love for some lucky family to take him home and provide him with a new abode to protect from mice and lizards! We have been calling him "Charlie" ... but we are confident he may receptive to a name change!
If you would like to give this handsome fella a home please send us a message and we can make arrangements for him to be picked up here at the store!