In 1947, the business was incorporated, and Big Y® Foods, Inc. was born. Also in 1947, the brothers opened a 
second and larger Y Cash Market in a former bowling alley. Business was going well and they kept abreast of changes in the food industry. Frozen foods and new techniques in food packaging were revolutionizing food storage. Customers were looking for
more variety, self-service, and the convenience of one-stop grocery shopping. In 1952, they signed a lease on a 10,000 square foot store located at the rotary near Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee. Because it was larger than "typical" markets in the area and was the first "modern" supermarket in the city of Chicopee, they named it "Big Y Supermarket"
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