Mergers & Acquisitions

Grocer to More Than Double Its C-Store Arm

Big Y Foods purchases three O’Connell Convenience Plus sites

SPRINGFIELD, Ma. -- Big Y Foods Inc. will more than double its convenience-store presence this winter after entering into an agreement to acquire the operating assets of three O’Connell Convenience Plus stations in Massachusetts.

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The stores are located in Hadley, Longmeadow and Wilbraham. Mass.

Big Y expects to begin operating these locations in late January 2016 and will convert them to its Big Y Express banner throughout the winter months. All employees of O’Connell will have an opportunity to apply and interview with Big Y.

There are currently two Big Y Express Gas and Convenience Stores in operation in Lee and Pittsfield, Mass. Big Y opened its first location in partnership with F.L. Roberts & Co. in 2013.

Based in Springfield, Mass., Big Y is one of the largest independently owned supermarket chains in New England. Family owned and operated, the company operates 63 stores throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts with over 10,000 employees.

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