North Adams Big Y Celebrates RenovationsBy John Durkan,
03:00PM / Friday, November 08, 2013 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Some of the changes at D'Amours Big Y have been obvious throughout the last couple months.
An aisle was knocked down at the entrance for an expanded produce section. Pizza and grinder stations and a soup bar have been set up at the back of the store. New cafe seating now exists on the east side.
The list of changes go on at the 47,000 square-foot store: new floors, motion-sensor energy-efficient lights on the now completely encased frozen food cases, new signage, new equipment, and new storage spaces for meat and dairy.
The renovations began at the beginning of September. Store Director 0 Comments
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BJ's Grand Opening Set This WeekendStaff Reports,
04:16PM / Tuesday, October 25, 2011 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — BJ's Whole Sale Club's grand opening is this weekend at 495 Hubbard St. The store is the 24th opened in Massachusetts and had its soft opening last week.
The club will be open to the general public during the two-day grand opening; membership is required to continue getting savings.
The wholesaler has more than 85,000 square feet filled groceries, general merchandise, electronics and appliances, as well as a BJ's gas station. It is expected to add up to 120 new jobs.
The grand opening will include food and beverage samples, balloon artists and face painting for kids and
Current Members and the public at large are invited to sample a variety of 6 Comments
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BJ's Wholesale On Pace For Fall OpeningAndy McKeever,
05:17PM / Thursday, July 28, 2011 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The new BJ's Wholesale is set to be fully constructed by the end of the September and the store will open shortly after.
According Robert MacPherson, founder of Cape Breton Corp., the company that is building the store, construction and utilities are on pace to be completed and the store can be turned over to BJ's management for an October opening.
"The BJ's is looking, hopefully, to open in the middle or end of September," MacPherson said Tuesday. "Certainly before the first of October is our hope."
The construction, located on Hubbard Avenue behind Price Chopper, is expecting to
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Big Y Buys Diesel Dan Property for $4.25MStaff Reports,
01:30PM / Thursday, October 07, 2010 | |
LEE, Mass. — Springfield-based supermarket chain Big Y Foods, Inc., has paid $4.25 million for 9.8 acres of property on which it intends to build a new store.
The site, situated between Exit 2 of the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Lee Prime Outlets, was originally home to Diesel Dan’s Travel Complex.
Colebrook Realty Services, Inc. brokered the sale of the property and its improvements. Colebrook Principals B. John Dill and Mitch Bolotin represented the seller, NortherEdge/Plant One Realty Trust. According to documents filed in the Registration of Deeds, the closing date was Sept 20.
Big Y plans to develop a
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Unions Reach Agreement With Stop & ShopStaff Reports,
04:46PM / Monday, March 15, 2010 | |
Stop & Shop and its unionized workers are heading toward a strike. United Food and Commercial Workers 1459 says it served notice it will terminate its contract with the supermarket chain as of Friday at noon, as have two other UFCW locals in Rhode Island and Connectictut.
In a update posted on the UFCW site Thursday afternoon, President Scott Macey said the union was willing to negotiate with the supermarket through Friday for "a fair and reasonable offer." However, the union can call a job action at any point and strike without notice, he wrote.
UFCW 1459 covers workers in Berkshire County and Western Mass. Employees at the store in North Adams have said they're
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