predecessor y cash market founded 1936 in chicopee massachusetts us founder gerald and paul d amour headquarters springfield massachusetts area served massachusetts and connecticut key people donald d amour chief executive officer charles d amour president coo herbert dotterer cfo revenue 1.7 billion 2015 number of employees 12 000 2016 website bigy.com footnotes references 1 big y foods inc. or big y is an american supermarket chain . big y operates stores in massachusetts and connecticut . it operates under the trade names big y world class market or big y supermarket . in 1936 a young entrepreneur paul d amour aided by his brother gerald and sisters ann marie yvette and gertrude purchased the y cash market in the willimansett section of chicopee massachusetts at an y intersection . on december 12 1936 the brothers began y cash market the forerunner of big y. the company is headquartered in springfield massachusetts . big y now is run by cousins charles and donald d amour . big y is one of the largest independently owned supermarket chains in new england and it employs over 12 000 people . big y is the 268th largest private company in the united states according to the 2005 forbes magazine 500 largest private companies list . 2 big y is the fourth largest supermarket chain in new england after quincy based stop & shop scarborough based hannaford and west bridgewater based shaw s supermarkets . big y is the second largest in southern new england after the aforementioned stop & shop . contents 1 big y today 2 store locations and expansion 3 references 4 external links big y today edit the big y store in palmer massachusetts . as of september 2016 big y operates 69 supermarkets ; 1 3 many of which are located in the metropolitan areas of springfield worcester greater boston and hartford . in addition to its traditional supermarkets big y owns and operates two specialty markets table & vine a large specialty liquor and wine store in west springfield ; and the fresh acres market a concept mixing an open air style farmers market with upscale food choices in springfield . big y also operated two standalone pharmacies in springfield and wilbraham before eventually folding them into the pharmacies located in its nearby stores . in february 2015 big y opened its first gas station in westfield under the title big y express . big y s largest competitor throughout its trade area is stop & shop based out of quincy and to a lesser extent big y also competes with boston based shaw s and schenectady new york s price chopper supermarkets . in connecticut big y is now the second largest supermarket chain by number of locations with only stop & shop operating more connecticut stores . some big ys offer free child care for customers operating as the little y kids club . big y also competes by offering buy one get two free sales and special coins redeemable for discounts that change bi monthly . unlike most supermarkets whose sales run sunday to saturday big y s sales week is thursday to wednesday as most customers get paid on thursdays . citation needed in 2011 big y s 75th anniversary plans included a gala and a sweepstakes for customers with a top prize of 75 000 ; the drawing was held at the big e. in 2012 after the sandy hook elementary school shooting big y s newtown location put up four large green and white ribbons on the outside of the store and were also selling ribbons shirts and other items to show their support to those who were lost . citation needed in 2013 big y announced they were partnering with fellow springfield based company f.l. roberts to enter the convenience store and fuel station industry . the newly created convenience stores will be branded big y express . 4 the first of these new stores opened in the fall of 2013 in lee adjacent to big y s full size supermarket . in july 2016 it was announced that big y had entered into a purchase agreement with ahold and delhaize group for eight hannaford brothers locations in massachusetts as part of the divestiture of stores to gain clearance from the federal trade commission for the impending ahold delhaize merger . 5 the new stores will be located in kingston quincy norwell milford norwood west peabody saugus and easton . 1 store locations and expansion edit big y focuses primarily on opening stores to strengthen its existing footprint though that footprint is expanding slowly . most big y stores are within a 75 mile radius of their springfield headquarters . in 2010 big y announced that its new store plans included lee franklin and milford massachusetts ; according to its website each town would have a store by 2012 . the lee store opened in november 2011 adding to big y s presence in the berkshires ; while the franklin store opened in august 2012 and is the chain s newest massachusetts location . the franklin store is a sister location to big y s store in walpole which had previously been their only store in greater boston . big y also announced new stores in foxborough and holyoke but plans for those locations were ultimately withdrawn . in 2014 big y opened two more connecticut stores in old saybrook and cheshire bringing their store count in that state to 32 . another store in the planning phase is set to open no later than 2015 in simsbury . 6 big y has also occasionally grown through acquisitions . in late 2010 big y purchased seven stores from a & p which was leaving central connecticut . four of these stores branford mystic old lyme west hartford were renovated and re opened as big y world class markets within a short period of time . big y has stores near the new york rhode island and vermont state lines but expansion into these states has not yet been announced but big y has explored into venturing into rhode island in the near future . references edit a b c vaccaro adam 2016 09 28 . springfield grocer big y takes a big step into eastern mass . . the boston globe . retrieved 2016 09 29 . big y foods the largest private 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