Bargain and adventure shoppers unite!…read more If you know me you know I love OSJL and bargain shopping. They are a closeout retailer that sells all sorts of products, from furniture to food to clothing to shoes and more. The prices are very affordable and budget friendly. They always have random items come through; for example, seaweed snacks and unique hot sauces. Every season, they stock up on items pertaining to that season. For example, right now, there are shovels, gloves, jacket, and more, since it's winter time. If you sign up for their insider's club, you can get coupons. This particular Job Lot is located in a plaza. The parking lot is huge. The store was large also with plenty of space to walk around with a carriage. The store was organized and my favorite section is their food area. There were no lines when I went and the cashier was friendly. They offer complimentary paper bags for your items purchased, but it's recommended to bring your own bags. Overall, it's a great store!

Excellent service and value. Selection can vary. Great program for giving back to those less…read morefortunate.

Geissler's is a small family owned grocery store. There are currently seven locations, six in…read moreConnecticut and one in Massachusetts. They have lots of great fruits and vegetables, plants, and a huge selection of peanut butter. There are smaller brands of product you may find at Geissler's. As expected the prices are higher than at other grocery stores. If you live in close proximity to one of the stores you will receive their weekly flier in the mail. Geissler's probably won't fit your whole shopping cart, but you can find lots of great goods that you may not find at other retailers.

Service is terrible. Especially at the deli and customer service desk. Their soups at lunchtime…read moreare good. They have a good salad bar but soo expensive- $11.99/lb. Also, their deli meats are not fresh. My sliced ham had rainbow colors in the light. And edges were tan. My half-gallon of milk went bad in two days. What a waste and they will not refund. Poor quality and value. All prices are high.

I went to the meat department manager and asked him if he could order Kayem red hotdogs, since…read morethere are none in stock. The store carries Kayem hotdog products in other flavors, so I thought this would be an easy request. Backstory.... Red hot dogs are a big thing in Maine, with Jordan's red hot dogs the most popular finding Jordan's brand in Connecticut is really hard. So I'm thinking Kayem has Red as an available item, but not carried as a regular stock item, this would be something not impossible for the meat manager to order. What could possibly go wrong! Without the meat manager/order placer saying he would first check with his supplier, he just answered no, and didn't even suggest what other stores I could possibly purchase or an alternative suggestion. I would think it would be pretty easy to just ask your distributor, especially since you are a big seller of their product. And I think Kayem would gladly supply Big Y with their request. I am quite disappointed with the way this was handled. Stop & Shop is just up the street. I think I'll start spending my hard earned money there Maybe Geisler's or Fitzgerald's can order them for me And a few days later... Walmart in East Windsor had Jordons Red Hot Dogs! I bought 5 pounds of them!

We don't have a seafood place locally so I was intrigued when Big Y started promoting a fried…read moreseafood opportunity at its store here in town. So I tried it. This is not on the same level as my all-time favorite fried seafood restaurant, Lenny and Joes, but it's also less than a mile from my house and not an hour down to the coastline. Overall, I think that this is a very good fried seafood plate. There are ample fried shrimp, fried scallops, and fried white fish. The batter is light and not greasy. The fries and onion rings are really very good. It also comes with plenty of tartar sauce and ketchup. The Captain's Combo is $25, the bit smaller version is $18, both a good value and delicious for the price! Go to the seafood department at Big Y, takes about 15 minutes to get the take out.

Came here to pick up a prescription because my regular pharmacy doesn't carry the medicine I needed…read more So here I am, sixth in line, six more people behind me, one cashier open, at least five people behind the counter, other than the one with the only cash register working No pharmacy staff comes to help. Nothing. Even the inexperienced one leaning against the wall who was just watching. This is poor customer service....it really is. When I think of CVS, I think of prescriptions not anything else that's for sale in the store. I go to CVS to get a prescription. I should go in. I should get out with really no delays They should be ready to rock during busy time. Others behind the counter just watching or doing fairly nothing is unacceptable. Simsbury Pharmacy is a much better choice. Only come here if you absolutely have to

This CVS is located as part of a larger plaza, but feels like it's in its own space. There is a…read moresmall parking area to the right of the store to save you from crossing the street, and more parking with a road between the lot and the store. There's a mailbox next to the entrance if you have mail. I went after the pharmacy closed, and it was dead. Yet the cashier gave his hello as soon as I walked in, asked if I needed help.... I'm not sure there was anyone else working. But they have self check out so who needs extra humans? The store is fairly large, and pretty clean. It was a standard store though, with everything you need or want from a CVS. No comments on the pharmacy because I had no interactions with them.

It is sad that the Stop & Shop is Bloomfield is so dirty with trash and food on the floor. The…read moreoutside of the store is just like the inside dirty and filthy. I don't understand why people want to work in such deplorable conditions. Just wondering is there a store manager? Is there a maintenance person? Do you think the Bloomfield community want to shop at a clean store? Do you value your customers? Each time I go there it is just dirty and then I go to other Stop & Shop stores there is no trash, stores are clean and neat. In Bloomfield, the store is always crowded and this is how you treat loyal customers. I was there today and yes it is filthy.

Place is still bad…read more Filled with sad looking people everywhere- shoppers, workers, everyone. At 5:00 PM there were just three registers open with cashier lines up the wazoo. Seven lines open with the check yourself gizmos. Slow machines occasionally serenaded by recordings of "place your yellow onions on the belt". Lots of people throwing up their hands in disgust and bailing out on these snail paced lines. Why did I stop here? I was hoping to hit their salad bar for some veggies for an omelette. Silly me, they have no salad bar. Remind me not to come back to this forlorn place

This is the great neighborly Second Chance Shop, located downtown Simsbury just to the right of my…read morefavorite hardware store. The ladies that are in the store are just a joy to deal with, knowledgeable, friendly, and ready to help you anyway they can find exactly what you're looking for Today I bought a lovely picture for my Florida room, more like a coastal decoration thing, and today's sale was 75% off so I got this $100 signed lithograph for $25! This was an amazing bargain, I would strongly suggest you get down here and rummage through everything because there are bargains to be had everywhere you look, so much easier than going to the Goodwill store. Parking is plentiful out front, or in the town parking lot just across the street. Come on down , Simsbury is beautiful!

Second Chance Shop is a very nice thrift store in Simsbury that I heard from my friend Dan about…read more Their hours are limited so be sure to check before you go. Their clothing racks are organized by color and size, and everything is in excellent condition. I however am mostly drawn to their home items, like their plates and dishes. I once picked up eight dessert plates for 15 cents each. None of them had a single scratch or nick. They have a whole bookshelf of hard cover books for just $2.00 each. There's plenty of jewelry, I saw a really cool pair of large pearl earrings, but they were clip ons. They also have some beautiful artwork, that's already framed. This is a lovely thrift store, that I wouldn't skip stopping by!

This is the WORST pharmacy ever! Terrible service! Very RUDE pharmacists! Horrible communication!…read moreThey constantly interrupted me while trying to briefly explain my situation. They were not helpful or caring. DO not give them your money or waste your time at this pharmacy! What a nightmare experience!

Worst pharmacy anywhere. Rude employees and horrible services. Avon is so much ch betterread more

Isaac's has everything you want in a convenience store. Good variety of newspapers. Half a dozen…read moretypes of coffee. Snack foods of every description. Large choice of grocery store items, refrigerated products and frozen foods. Separate ice cream freezer chest up front, right by the register for those Ben & Jerry Popsicle spur of the moment scarfing lapses. Has a few home-made cold sandwiches and wraps, plus the ubiquitous convenience store hot dogs and sausages. A nice touch is the hot Jamaian meat or chicken pies under a warming lamp. Sometimes the lottery players bog down the registers, but hey- its part of the character of this place. Always an interesting group of customers here, its a pleasant experience to be a part of. The workers here are fabulous- they seem universally loved by the clientele.

Long time community staple last minute milk juice lotto tickets , and of course a good laugh with…read moreDonnie, every small town should have .

I went to Goodwill to look for some large picture frames, to frame some prints that I have. While I…read moredid find some very nice picture frames that were real wood, they were not the correct measurements that I was looking for. I figured, I would look at the dishes and glasses section since they had a large inventory here. I could not believe what I found here. I found a Tiffany & Co plate. One singular plate. A single Tiffany plate retails for $150. This wasn't even in the glass, with the jewelry and the finer pieces. It was just floating around with the rest of the glassware. It is so beautiful, white, porcelain with lily of the valley flowers engraved all around it. There isn't a single nick anywhere. It was marked at $1.00. I also saw a full set of Mikasa dishes. You just never know what kind of treasure you may find hidden at your Goodwill. There's plenty of books, clothes, and some furniture. They also had a nice coffee table. Some sections can be pretty messy, but when you find a hidden gem, you know it was worth your time.

$20 for a waffle iron with a broken handle $20 for Crocs…read morewith cracks Other than that I love Goodwill I'm in all the ones in Connecticut