'Geek Gathering' event planned to give Pioneer Valley techies some face-to-face networking time

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...o are into computers and technology,” said Ashley C. Gladden, a senior computer graphics major at Springfield College who hails from Royalston. But graduation is coming up quickly. And, while she’d like to li...... of a networking and educational event. Companies expected to be there include local mainstays like Big Y Foods Inc. and Court Square Group as well as smaller companies like software-maker Atalasoft, a Kofax Com... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   Springfield College

Job scene brightens in Valley as hiring picks up

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Big Y’s big savings with new loss-prevention software

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Mason Square supermarket could be viable, according to CEO who has made urban stores work

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...ier Community, said the proposed market is at least three years in the future. Representatives from Springfield-based Big Y Foods Inc., Stop & Shop, ShopRite and Price Chopper based in Schenectady, N.Y., have shown an interest, t......Stop & Shop, ShopRite and Price Chopper based in Schenectady, N.Y., have shown an interest, though. Big Y had representatives at the meeting who said they were there to learn. Brown said ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Springfield Technical Community College   Stop & Shop

'Picture Westfield' project, on view at Westfield Athenaeum in March, captures city life

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...Ackerman, an avid amateur photographer who is a member of the Westfield Camera Club, as well as the Springfield Photographic Society. She focused on representing present life in Westfield in keeping with the pro...... that people in the future could identify and see how much they’ve changed.” She even went into the Big Y on East Silver Street and took a picture of the large New England Patriots display ... (Read Full Article)

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New MassMutual wing promises natural healing

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The new MassMutual Wing and Davis Family Heart and Vascular Center on the Springfield campus of Baystate Medical Center borrow from Mother Nature when it comes to the healing arts. New ......nnounced the official name of the garden on Feb. 10 for which Charles and Elizabeth D’Amour and the Big Y provided funding. Tolosky noted the hospital is grateful for the ongoing support of the D’Amour fa... (Read Full Article)

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Big Y Foods says 'hometown feel' is key to its business success

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...an The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 2008 big y generic exterior.jpg SPRINGFIELD - With the 75th anniversary of Big Y Foods Inc. complete, company president and chief operating officer Charles L. D’Amour is continuing to... (Read Full Article)

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Stephen Jendrysik: Chicopee Chamber of Commerce celebrates 50 years

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...spital or first-class hotel. Chicopee’s major companies were members of the chambers of commerce in Springfield and Holyoke. While local merchants advertised their stores as being located in Chicopee Center, Chi......ng 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)

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Big Y executes sale-lease agreement in Lee

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Taking Center Stage

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...of real-estate acquisitions, including the Paramount Theater (seen here), that promise to transform Springfield’s downtown. The kind of long-term change Flores envisions for the City of Homes will require energy......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... (Read Full Article)

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Big Y scrubs Foxboro plans - The Sun Chronicle Online - News

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Springfield's Big Y Foods Inc. buys 2 Louis & Clark locations

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...cy can concentrate on its medical equipment, custom compounding and specialty pharmacy businesses. Springfield's Big Y Foods Inc. buys 2 Louis & Clark locations Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 6:29 PM Jim Kinney, The......alth-care plans and the big chains,” said Clark E. “Skip” Matthews Jr., president of Louis & Clark. Big Y will continue to operate the Breckwood Drive and Wilbraham stores as retail drug stores under the n... (Read Full Article)

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Bright Nights holiday lighting display ready for Wednesday opening at Forest Park for 17th season

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...f the Bright Nights displays near the duck pond at Forest Park is seen after the October snowstorm. SPRINGFIELD – Despite damage from the major snowstorm of Oct. 29, the annual Bright Nights holiday lighting dis......d holidays, a $3 increase over the price of the past few years. However, tickets can be obtained at Big Y supermarkets for $12 weekdays and $15 weekends, with a Big Y card. The lights ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Springfield   The Republican

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

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...bo Markets, a seven-store company. The year 1984 was an important year for the D’Amour family, when Big Y expanded beyond the Springfield area to other areas of Western Massachusetts and into Connecticut. The acquisition of a supermarket... (Read Full Article)

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Profiles in Business

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...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...... colleges, from the CEO’s desk, and even from the aisles of one of the company’s stores in downtown Springfield (the former Jumbo on Columbus Avenue), where he made the ... (Read Full Article)

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Big Y to hire 100 employees for its new store in Lee - Berkshire Eagle Online

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Monday October 3, 2011 LEE -- Big Y Foods Inc. plans to hire 100 people for its new store in Lee thats expected to open next month, company ......eople for its new store in Lee that's expected to open next month, company officials have said. The Springfield-based supermarket chain has started to accept on-line applications and this week, Big Y representatives will begin meeting with the prospective employees ... (Read Full Article)

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Former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros speaks to Springfield Public Forum

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..., health care, bio-science, higher education, finance and financial services. Foundations of the Springfield economy are Baystate Medical Center, MassMutual and Big Y, Cisneros said. American demographics are changing and in the future will include greater African-A... (Read Full Article)

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Big Y to eliminate all self checkout kiosks by end of year | masslive.com

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The Springfield-based grocer Big Y announced this week that by the end of the year, all of the self checkout kiosks would be removed f... (Read Full Article)

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Big Y Employment Specialist Lindsay Pratola

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..., and companies are starting to hire.” Kevin Lynn, manager of business services for Future Works in Springfield, said there was a 15% increase in the number of employers listing jobs in FY 2011. But although mor...... we have become more sophisticated about hiring,” he added. Things have also been on the upswing at Big Y World Class Markets. “The managers of our stores have hired well over 100 people over ... (Read Full Article)

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Western New England University opens pharmacy college, only one in Western Massachusetts

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...al Center in Greenfield. Western New England has already opened the Western New England College and Big Y Foods Inc. Consultation and Wellness Center at the Big Y World Class Market on Cooley Street in Springfield, Robinson said. Staffed by a faculty member, the center is about talking with patients, not dispens... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Big Y Foods

More than 800 athletes compete in 2011 JCC Maccabi Games in Springfield

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...erican International College on Monday. More than 800 athletes compete in 2011 JCC Maccabi Games in Springfield Published: Monday, August 15, 2011, 5:27 PM Updated: Monday, August 15, 2011, 5:39 PM Fran Syp...... The athletes will be involved in a Day of Caring and Sharing. There will be a food drive at the Big Y in Longmeadow from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and from 2:30-4 p ... (Read Full Article)

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Symphony Hall 'God Bless America' concert to celebrate history of Springfield and Big Y

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...he residents of Pioneer Valley.” Symphony Hall 'God Bless America' concert to celebrate history of Springfield and Big Y Published: Tuesday, August 02, 2011, 6:38 PM Updated: Tuesday, August 02, 2011, 6:38 PM Elizabe... (Read Full Article)

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Big Y Foods begins hiring for new World Class Market in Meriden, Conn.

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...e Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Google Buzz Digg Stumble Upon Fark Share Email Print 2008 big y generic exterior.jpg SPRINGFIELD – Big Y Foods will next week open a hiring site to fill more than 100 part-time and full-time positions available... (Read Full Article)

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Profiles in Business

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...Security, now known as the Division of Employment & Training, and subsequent work administering the Springfield chamber’s jobs program. The common denominator, he said, is putting people to work, an assignment h...... “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)

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