I found out this store about a decade ago. it's a well kept secret even though it's a huge building…read moreon route one in Saugus right next-door to Kowloons. They even have a driveway that connects both parking lots so I usually exit Kowloons exit rather than Ocean States. After finding a parking spot, you have to check out potted plants, and seasonal goods in front of the building. If you want to purchase some, you have to bring them inside purchase. Once inside the building, it's almost like a maze. There's so many different ways you can go through this building. Suggest you plan to explore. They have something for everybody everybody. Basically they have everything you could possibly think of under one roof. Linens, garden accessories, clothing, food, house, supplies, even rugs. For me, I head right over to the food section. I have a lot of fun here. As a foodie, they have all kinds of different specialty foods mostly from around New England, but some from the world. I enjoy reading packages that I've never seen before some healthy some not. They have some nice healthy organic items mixed in with miscellaneous therapy, sugary salty items. I tend to buy a lot of my canned fish here. They have kippers, herring, tuna and sardines, all in good virgin olive oil water no additives. I stock up on these as they are an excellent value. A few other products that I usually purchase while I'm here I'll be organic pastas made from vegetables. Also some of the tomato sauces and marinades excellent selection available. Be prepared to stand in line as they only have a few clerks one or two open at a time even when the store is busy. Please don't complain because I believe this is what keeps the pricing low. Kudos to Ocean State for self checkouts. I applaud this. As for cleanliness, it's probably a five on a 10 star scale. When you go here, just assume you're shopping in basically a big warehouse. Employee wise the clerks and managers always seem to have a pretty good attitude here I've spoke to a few of them and they seem very nice always polite willing to help the customer. I've only had interaction with them at a cash register, but they all seem pleasant to me. A bonus make sure you sign up for that emails because they have what they call crazy deals. This is huge people. They have special items when you purchase them they give you the same or a dollar value back on a card. if you shop correctly, it's very lucrative for your pocketbook. For example, they have one small area in the back usually has about 10 or 20 items on it. If you get lucky enough and you want to purchase these items every time you spend $10 on these items they give you a gift card for $10.. These are always food items in the back they call it eat for free. Last time I was in the store I got lucky. They had three types of tuna pouches in this section. I was lucky enough that one of them. The only ingredients were tuna, spices, and virgin olive oil. Usually for an ingredient reader like me I don't get lucky on this table, but this time I did. Turned out to be a great day at Ocean State for me as they also had a few will get a soups with great ingredients on the table at the same time. I don't think it's a record however I spent $170 and I left it with an $89 gift card. Good on future purchases and the gift card is good for anything in the entire store. I would say, read the flyer and see what crazy deals are available and make your way over to the eat for free section. Maybe you'll get lucky. ENJOY‼.

Very rude manager angel or angela. We had a gift card and a credit and we had flowers and some…read moreother items. We got to the register were told we couldnt use either on the flowers. I said something people buy gift cards and they cannot buy flowers with them. Manager a very rude women flew over to inform us that we couldn't use either one. She had an attitude my husband was being very nice then she said there are signs everywhere. No there are Not one tiny sign outside. There needs to be signs at the register. She needs some customer service classes not sure I will go back even to spend my gift card. She does not know how to treat people respectfully!!! Picture of tiny sign outside only one !!!!

Great food and excellent coffee. Good specials. New owners have added great new menu items.read more

The food is great. The people are wonderful. And I love the ambiance. Try it. You'll love it!read more

. Love their crazy deals. Great prices and great staff. Recommend both Derry and Salem stores.read more

The brand new Ocean State Job Lot opened last week in the old Toys-R-Us building…read more The new store is beautiful and they have so many staff working it was nice to see! Great variety and seasonal items. I also like the food section- you never know what you can find here. So glad they came to Salem- now I can shop local. One small neg is that you can not use your payback gift card if you earn a new one - as I had earned another one when I shopped. Now I have 2!

Big place lots of variety! Good cigar section, glass and food …read more Very friendly helpful staff! I'm going back to look for some holiday beer! Easy parking in and out ! Great location for traffic

Harassed right as I step foot inside the door requesting my ID and when I was looking for the beer…read moreI came for was asked again for my ID Never ever have Iv felt so uncomfortable Place is dull and dreary I do not recommend this place to not even my worst enemy

If you need a card for ANY occasion tbis store has it! They also have ideas for gifts for anyone…read more Store is neat and organized. A gem in Dracut

This place is awesome! I can always find something when looking for a gift for someone. The prices…read moreare amazingly reasonable. The people who work there are all so nice. I couldn't recommend this place more. Where else can you get cards for under $5 these days?! They have a huge selection all for just a couple of bucks.

While watching Phantom Gourmet the restaurant came on and the talked about the great market they…read morehad as well. Looking forward to a good Italian market, well was really disappointed. Found the selection of dry goods small and a lot you can get at regular markets. The prepared food looked good but the price to qty ratio didn't seem worth it. Finally if they had any smaller of a deli selection all they would be selling in pepperoni. And whats with the tip jar? Bought a couple items to make it worth the effort. In the end if it is convenient and live close maybe an option, but definitely not worth the ride from 20 miles plus away. Phantom did a great job hyping the place so credit on that.

I've been a fan of Al Fresca Ristorante since its early days. For as many times as I enjoyed a meal…read morethere, I was sometimes frustrated by not being able to get a table quickly due to its immense popularity. That was eased somewhat as they made space for a market next door, and over the years, as more space in the strip mall became available, they've expanded. The result is its own entity now, The Market Al Fresca. Besides an alternative to dining at the Ristorante with their packaged meals, it is now a full gourmet market/Italian grocery, and then some. It deserves its own space on Yelp. You can still get their prepared meals, but now they offer a full service deli, a small produce area, breads and pastas, coolers and freezers with beverages, desserts and such, a decent selection of standard grocery items, and even wines and craft beers. They also offer a rewards program if you shop there frequently. I still love to dine at Al Fresca Ristorante. This is a great alternative when it's not convenient, or just a great place to shop.

Shopping for a Weber grill for Father's Day gift. At Home Depot and Lowe's it took forever to find…read moresomeone to assist us and when they finally did, they had nothing in stock. Went to O'Connor today and was immediately assisted by a pleasant young man with a clipboard. He found the grill in store (same price as the other stores) and rang up the order saying O'Connor would deliver it in a few days, no charge. Amazing! It was like the service we used to get in America before the 2020 scamdemic changed everything. Definitely shop here if you remember what good service was like years ago!

An oasis in Billerica, I was STUNNED to find this place via a Google Ads for a specific item that…read morethe big box utility stores that we all know and hate, did not carry the item I needed. But O'Connor's did. I have an affinity for small hardware stores. But could one call O'Connor "small" at all? I was blown away by the façade when I first laid eyes on it, a massive store with an outdoor section and equally as big parking lot. My only gripe is with whoever created the in/out sections of the parking lot, why are there no straight lines to the areas you have to get to and all of these random curbs? Once inside you're basically inside a Home Depot without the tall ceilings. This is definitely the largest hardware store north of Boston that doesn't start with a H or L. As my eyes began to wander in amazement, I looked through some of the aisles of items I was not in there looking to find. Kitschy signs, funny decals, all of those items you'll ONLY find at one of these throwback types of stores are what bring me back to going to stores exactly like this with my grandfather back in the 80's. I finally made it to the back of the store, with the help of one of the very kind teenagers who guided me in the right direction, in fact he took me to exactly where I needed to be. Quick checkout with very good help at the front, they weren't "understaffed" in any way even as businesses struggle. I don't have the historical nature to compare this to the "good ol days" of O'Connor's from 10-20 years ago like another reviewer did. If that's the case, do you just want everything to be a Lowe's? I sure as hell don't. Things are out of stock because the world has been thrown a curveball the last two years. I would never blame a mega corporation or a small town hardware store for items being out of stock. I'll return here as often as I can, great experience all around.

Great breakfast sandwich huge bagels 450 bacon egg cheese lot's of bacon full breakfast 6 bucksread more

Food is not consistent. Some days are good. Some days are bad. Never know what you're gonna get…read more Most of the staff is nice. After going here for a long time, one of the workers was disrespectful and didn't give a shit about nobody except from himself. I do praise the cooks. They do work hard. But I will never eat here again after being treated the way I did one of the workers at the register.