Holyoke looks to new mayor, computing center, ways to make city attractive to ...

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...ors and seniors from Dean Technical High School here, Westfield Vocational-Technical, Cathedral and Chicopee Comprehensive high schools, are all eligible to participate, said Jim Wachala, Turner senior projec......d other officials say. Construction should begin in the spring on a $16 million plaza anchored by a Big Y supermarket at Lower Westfield Road and Homestead Avenue. It is estimated the project will net the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods

Stephen Jendrysik: Chicopee Chamber of Commerce celebrates 50 years

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...pment was in full swing. Fairview’s open fields were being covered by new housing subdivisions. The Chicopee Savings Bank opened a branch next to the first Big Y Supermarket on Route 33. More banks, supermarkets, restaurants and specialty stores followed, each ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Springfield

Taking Center Stage

Explore BusinessWest (Jan 3 2012)

...start looking at the assets, the city has clean water and natural resources. We have companies like Big Y, Peter Pan, and MassMutual. We have three TV stations in this city. We have Baystate Medical Center......le. “I think very highly of Herbie,” said Russ Omer, vice president of Commercial Lending for Chicopee Savings Bank, the lead lender on the Paramount project. “He’s been involved in the neighborhood for... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Springfield Technical Community College

Big Y at 75: Grocery chain's history follows path of opportunities

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...rald-paul-chic-falls.JPG Photo courtesy Big Yerald D'Amour, left, and Paul D'Amour are shown in the Chicopee Falls Big Y store in 1952. Personalized service, a clean store and low prices on chicken were great selling poi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Springfield   Northampton

Profiles in Business

Explore BusinessWest (Oct 14 2011) Retail

...er, Paul — who, in 1936, opened the tiny market that would, over the next 75 years, evolve into the Big Y supermarket chain — would reply when he was queried on the same subject. “He’d say, ‘sure … I retir......mple, he noted the commonly held belief that Paul and Gerry D’Amour started the company together in Chicopee. In actuality, Gerry was in the military when Paul decided he had ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

Profiles in Business

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...se neighborhoods that sparked the kinds of investments he spoke of. Such parks have been created in Chicopee at Westover, and also Agawam, East Longmeadow, Westfield, and other communities, resulting in the c...... “Most all of the big companies we have today — and that list includes MassMutual, Smith & Wesson, Big Y, the hospitals, and the colleges — and the plethora of smaller companies all started when someone h... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

Some bright spots for local business in a year dominated by unemployment, a struggling housing market and ...

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... recession. 1) In August, Callaway Golf Corp. announced it was laying off 200 to 250 workers at its Chicopee plant before the end of 2011. Production will move to Mexico. The plant, once Spalding’s Top-Flite ......esigned to produce better light and cleaner burn. Kringle Candle created 50 jobs in Bernardston. 5) Big Y Foods Inc. co-founder Gerald E. D’Amour died in August at the age of 90. D ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual Center

Springfield Parade of Big Balloons and Bright Nights season near

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... vehicle Monday through Thursday and $18 Friday through Sunday and holidays; discounts available at Big Y World Class Markets. For info: (413) 733-3800 or www.brightnights.org An open house at Tower Square......rade is supported by contributions from the Springfield Business Improvement District, PeoplesBank, Chicopee Savings Bank, Springfield Marriott, the Massachusetts National Guard and the Springfield Departme... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Big Y Foods   Six Flags New England

Survey: Big Y among top 10 Massachusetts privately held companies

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Home-grown Big Y Foods Inc. came in seventh in the Boston Business Journal’s list of the state’s largest privately-held co......enth in the Boston Business Journal’s list of the state’s largest privately-held companies. Survey: Big Y among top 10 Massachusetts privately held companies Published: Monday, November 01, 2010, 4:30 AM J... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   Springfield

Western Massachusetts People in Business: Big Y Foods announces promotions

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...cessing and related government tax filings. Butler began his career as a part-time grocery clerk at Big Y’s Chicopee store in 1987 while in high school. From there, he worked as a grocery, seafood and frozen food and......inancial reporting including the external audit. • Jeremy P. Payson has been appointed treasurer of Big Y Foods. In addition to directing all treasury functions, he is responsible for liquidity management, al... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Northampton   Chicopee

Editorial: Big Y's Gerald D'Amour leaves giant legacy

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... how D’Amour and his late brother, Paul H. D’Amour, could turn the 900-square-foot grocery store in Chicopee that they bought in 1936 into the giant Big Y supermarket chain that today employs 9,000 workers at its 56 stores. “He was so upbeat and enthusia... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Western New England University   Baystate Health

Big Y co-founder Gerald D'Amour dies at 90

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...passed,” said Gerald’s son, Charles L. D’Amour, who is now president and chief operating officer of Big Y Foods Inc. Big Y co-founder Gerald D'Amour dies at 90 Published: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 9:40 PM Updated: Tues......_y.jpg Gerald D'Amour and the late Ronald Moreau are seen in front of the original Y Cash Market in Chicopee in1936. 0 0 Share SPRINGFIELD - Gerald E ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Springfield   Chicopee

Big Y cites slow population growth, end of lease as reasons for closing Springfield store

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...om Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 6714 in West Springfield appear as part of opening ceremonies for a Big Y supermarket at 2035 Boston Road in Wilbraham in 2008. Big Y Foods, Inc., announced Monday that it is closing another supermarket on Boston Road in Springfield next month.......but the company did not say Monday where those new and renovated stores will be. Founded in 1936 in Chicopee by Paul ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Stop & Shop   West Springfield

Stimulus Money Gives a Real Boost to Summer Jobs Programs

Explore BusinessWest (Jun 9 2009)

...open to youths from across Hampden County, the YSJP specifically targets the cities of Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke, she said. In this issue, businesswest looks at the bright prospects for youths and su......their skill sets.” The program will involve dozens of area companies, from larger employers such as Big Y Foods, MassMutual, and Baystate Medical Center down to small businesses with fewer than 10 employees. The... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Palmer