 Big Y Kicks Off Partners of Hope Breast Cancer Awareness CampaignIn Berkshire County the beneficiaries this year will include Pittsfield Berkshire Medical Center Women's Imaging Center. Big Y Closes Delis for Deep CleanBig Y Supermarkets is closing its deli counters for deep cleaning after an outbreak of listeria in one of the meat brands it sells.  Eversource and Big Y Partner on Energy Efficiency ProjectsBig Y partnered with Eversource's energy efficiency experts to take advantage of incentive programs to make several upgrades in multiple stores. The grocery store chain is now saving some 9.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by removing 840 gasoline powered vehicles from area roads for a year. Big Y donates almost $44,000 to Local Breast Cancer GroupsLocal donations include the Women's Imaging Center at Berkshire Medical Center. Big Y Partners with Fisher CollegeFisher College will offer discounted tuition rates for Big Y Foods, Inc. employees and their immediate family members and will work to identify courses and develop programs that fit within the needs of Big Y Foods, Inc 1.5 Million Meals Donated to Food Banks from Big YFor $5, customers supported Sack Hunger at Big Y's 72 supermarkets or Table & Vine Fine Wines and Liquors. Every $5 donation brings 10 meals to those in need of support. Flu Shots Still Available at Big Y PharmaciesHealth officials continue to make another urgent push to encourage the public to get vaccinated. In the US, this flu season has been one of the most significant in recent memory with nearly 20 million illnesses, 210,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths from flu so far, according to CDC estimates. |
