Big Y 2867446 221902675 2008-06-26T16:37:32Z 12.0.250.190 {{Infobox_Company | company_name = Big Y Foods, Inc. | company_logo = [[Image:BigY.png|200px|center|Big Y logo]]<!-- Fair use of Image:BigY.png; rationale at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BigY.png --> | company_type = [[Privately held company|Private]]| foundation = [[Chicopee, Massachusetts|Chicopee]], [[Massachusetts]] ([[1936]]) (as "Y Cash Market")| location_city = [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], [[Massachusetts]] | location_country = [[United States of America]] | key_people = [[Paul D'Amour]], [[Gerald D'Amour]], Founder<br />[[Donald D'Amour]], [[Chief Executive Officer]]<br />[[Charles D'Amour]], [[President/COO]]|<br />[[Herbert Dotterer]], [[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]] num_employees = 8,400 (2004)| revenue = {{profit}}'''$1.22 Billion''' [[United States dollar|USD]] (2004)| industry = [[Grocery]]| homepage = [http://www.bigy.com/ www.bigy.com]| }} '''Big Y Foods, Inc.''', or simply '''Big Y''' is an [[United States|American]] [[supermarket]] chain, with store locations in [[Massachusetts]] and [[Connecticut]]. In [[1936]], a young entrepreneur named Paul D'Amour, with aid from his brother Gerald and sisters Ann Marie, Yvette and Gertrude D'Amour, purchased the Y Cash Market in the Willimansett section of [[Chicopee, Massachusetts]] at the intersection where two roads converge to form a "Y". On [[December 12]]th of that year, Paul and his brother Gerald officially started the '''Y Cash''' market, which would one day be Big Y Foods, Inc. Today, the company is headquartered in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]. The Company is still family run by cousins Charles and Donald D'Amour Big Y is one of the largest independently-owned supermarket chains in [[New England]], and presently employs over 8,500 people in over fifty locations. Big Y is the 268th largest private company in the [[United States]], according to the 2005 [[Forbes Magazine]] "500 Largest Private Companies" list. Big Y stores offer food specials every week day throughout the year, for example Mad Monday, when customers can purchase a full size pizza for half price. Some store locations offer free child care while patrons shop in the store. Big Y also aggressively markets against local competition by offering "buy 1, get 2 free" sales and special coins redeemable for discounts on different items every two months. Unlike most other supermarkets, which start their sale weeks on Sunday and go until Saturday, Big Y starts its sales week on Thursdays and ends them on Wednesdays. This was because most paychecks come out on a Thursday, so they wanted shoppers to be able to get the new sales at the start before the items were sold out. ==External links== * [http://www.bigy.com/ Official website] * [http://images.forbes.com/lists/2005/21/KB9L.html Forbes 500 Entry] [[Category:Supermarkets of the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Springfield, Massachusetts]]