Ocean State Job Lot — Local services in Saint Johnsbury

Always friendly and helpful! The St J Ocean State Job Lots staff are sweet people, salt of the earth Vermonters. We go here to find gourmet goods for less like imported Jams and European chocolates, cookies, and coffee. REAL Italian PASTA, Canned Fish, Olives, Pickles, sponges, bath and beauty and cleaning products. Rugs, Mats, folding tables, paper and Art Supplies- socks, garden seeds and gloves etc. Great stuff at low prices - sometimes a big low price surprise on higher quality Olive Oil or Boots, Clothing, garden ceramics and tools,...

Last year we renovated one of our cottages on a lake. I drove a ton of miles looking for the exact thing I wanted and often settled. Somebody mentioned that they always go to OSJL and at the tail end of preparing to rent the house again, I went to the St J location and was blown away with everything they had. This year we renovated another house and I went to this location first. They were running a gift card special so I spent $500 and got a bunch of free cards to use tomorrow. I found almost everything I needed at...

Sure you can find some good deals here, from clothing and housewares to spices and pantry food, but honestly it's just a cheap, dirty, understaffed department store. But this is definitely the place to go for seasonal items like gardening stuff, pool chemicals, even kayaks. Love their food section. And they actually have some amazingly beautiful area rugs! You just never know what you're...