Local Food and Products from Massachusetts & Connecticut
THIS WEEK'S FEATURES
Blue Seal
From Chicopee, MA
Blue Seal has manufactured tasty, tempting and tantalizing meats since 1920. In 1931, the company incorporated and became Chicopee Provisions, offering USDA inspected meats with minimal preservatives.
Hummel Bros.
From New Haven, CT
In 1920, Robert and William Hummel left their family in Hals, Germany to find a better life in the United States. In 1933, they borrowed money to buy a sausage company with the belief that if they made the highest-quality products; few if any would be able to make them better. Hummel Bros. is approaching its 80th year in the business of making the highest quality frankfurters & meat products available in the marketplace.
Kayem
From Chelsea, MA
At Kayem, they know the importance of quality time. They do everything possible to make their products the best. With over a 100-year commitment to excellence, they still use butcher-quality meats. It doesn't just have to meet their standards — they have to meet yours. That's the Kayem difference.
Fresh vegetables, smoked sausage and tender shrimp coated a umami-forward sauce.
Our Local Farmers
Enjoy Some of the Freshest Fruits & Vegetables Available! These Fresh Products are Delivered Daily to Your Neighborhood Big Y to Ensure the Finest Quality and Greatest Taste!
Let us introduce you to the local farmers who deliver the freshest produce… every day!
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Chabaso Bakery
From New Haven, CT
Over 30 years ago, founder Charles Negaro set out to create his own line of quality, artisan breads. Still family owned and operated today, Chabaso remains passionate and dedicated to holding true to its all natural products. Their mission is to improve the well-being of all, through a commitment to the integrity of their products, to the economic development of their communities and to a healthier tomorrow for our children.
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Omega-3s: Essential for Health
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When thinking about fats, it can be helpful to create a visual in your mind regarding the types of foods they come from.
Fresh Mozzarella
Add Tomatoes to Your Plate FOR BETTER HEALTH
A perfect compliment to any Italian dish! Fresh Mozzarella Hand-Crafted the Old-World Italian Way. Soft, smooth & creamy texture, perfect for melting, salads or snacking. Locally Made in Providence, RI.
Tomatoes are a powerhouse veggie (or fruit, if you want to get technical!) touted for protecting vision and eye health, reducing blood pressure and maintaining heart health, reducing risk for certain cancers (most notably prostate cancer) and even offering protection to our skin against sun damage.
We can help you choose the beverages that will perfectly complement your meal. Visit tableandvine.com or download the Table & Vine App to order online from our West Springfield, MA Flagship location.
More Brands from Big Y's Love for Local
Narragansett Creamery
From Narragansett, RI
This family-owned company makes cheese every day because they care about freshness. They use local milk, kind bacteria, vegetable based rennet, salt and nothing else.
Whip City
From Westfield, MA
Whip City Jerky is a local, USDA inspected meat processor dedicated to making the best beef jerky you've ever had. Led by Tony Neuser, Chief Jerky Officer, Whip City Jerky's brand has expanded across the region focusing on their quality, freshly made, premium beef jerky. Whip City Jerky combines amazing flavors and a chip-like texture for a delicious, high protein snack option for your family. Available in Maple, Ragin' Buffalo or Mesquite.
Little Leaf Farms
From Devens, MA
Owners Paul Sellow and Tim Cuniff developed Little Leaf lettuce in 2015. They have been a Big Y partner for over 7 years delivering the highest-quality leaf lettuce. Deliveries are made 4 times a week ensuring only the freshest lettuce for our customers. Little Leaf is hydroponically, hands-free grown.
Ooma Tesoro's
From Windsor, MA
Ooma Tesoro's business started in 2009, in Michael and Robin's kitchen in Windsor, MA. Before that, it started in Michael's Grandmother Ooma's kitchen in Brooklyn, NY...but before THAT, the recipe goes all the way back to Avellino, Italy - generations before.
Headquartered in North Adams, Massachusetts, Ooma Tesoro's Marinara is still made by hand, exactly the same way it began! Try it yourself and you'll taste the difference.
Dere Street Bakery
From Danbury, CT
The bakery was founded in 2004 at home, baking scones and shortbreads for small bakeries. They make flavourful and all natural products, incorporating exotic ingredients and bountiful fruits from the Northwest and Northeast coasts of the US and herbs and spices from around the world. Dere Street’s success is taken from the early Romans… hard work, an untamable spirit, quality and pride.
Vermont Creamery
From Websterville, VT
Vermont Creamery has crafted delicious dairy, made from high quality ingredients while supporting their farms, people and their community.
Bernardino's Bakery
From Chicopee, MA
Bernardino's is an expanding, wholesale bakery from Chicopee, MA with the taste and values of a small bakery. While they like to brag that they've been quality bakers since 1918, it's really the present that's most important to them. Each day they strive to bring their customers fresh, high-quality baked goods that are affordable and easy to access.
Zaro's Family Bakery
From New York, NY
In 1927, Joseph Zaro left his family in Europe and sailed to Ellis Island. In 1977, Zaro’s opened the first of its four Grand Central Station stores. Today, with 11 stores in the most competitive market in the world, Zaro’s is a household name and is now a fourth-generation family-owned and operated business.
Hoff's Bakery
From Medford, MA
Hoff's Bakery is a family-owned business located in Medford, MA, producing gourmet desserts for the retail and food services trades since 1983. Built on quality, consistency and service, their skilled artisan bakers are committed to creating the highest superior quality desserts possible.
Diana's Bakery
From Agawam, MA
Diana’s Bakery was established in 1975 by the Macari Family. They’ve grown to include a wholesale division delivering over 300 fresh and frozen baked goods including artisan breads, danish, donuts and a variety of cakes. Hallmarks of Diana’s Bakery have always been the ability to innovate and create new products.
Arethusa Farm
From Litchfield, CT
Arethusa Farm was named for the small, pink orchid that grew in a swamp on the land. It started as a dairy farm owned by the Webster Family, delivering milk and dairy products locally. In 1999, the farm was purchased by George Malkemus and Anthony Yurgaitis to save the open farmland and establish their dairy herd. Arethusa also produces award-winning, old-fashioned-style ice cream, just like it used to be!
Brekki
From Haverhill, MA
In a world where everyone is doing the absolute most, it’s easy to forget to take care of yourself. Brekki was created to solve that, drawing on Australian breakfast cuisine of ready-to-eat oats. Their mission is to help people find balance with well-balanced food as a meal, a snack or simply a breath of fresh air on a busy day.
Grafton Village Cheese Co.
From Grafton, VT
The Grafton Cooperative Cheese Company was founded in 1892 by dairy farmers. They make the cheese by hand using premium raw milk from small, local family farms.
Rise Brewing Co.
From Stamford, CT
Childhood best friends set out on a mission to brew the best tasting cup of organic coffee in the world. Their first batches of Nitro Cold Brew Coffee were brewed with organic beans from Chanchamayo, Peru in a New York City apartment. It didn’t take long before they moved back to their hometown of Stamford, CT to open up their very own brewery.
Al Fresco
From Chelsea, MA
In 1994, Al Fresco was born out of the idea that “good” and “good for you” shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. Today, they're the #1 chicken sausage brand in the U.S. with 70% less fat than pork sausage and free of gluten, nitrites, nitrates, preservatives and artificial ingredients.
Harmony Springs
From Ludlow, MA
Harmony Springs is committed to using natural ingredients, fruit juices and pure cane sugar to flavor their beverages. Using all of these natural ingredients and artesian water, Harmony Springs has been producing and bottling old-fashioned sodas and seltzers since 1908. Soda pop has always been about providing fun and entertaining experiences that invigorate the tongue and tantalize the taste buds.
Their story begins with tradition and finishes with unforgettable flavors best shared with friends and family. Crafted and created in New England, these bold sauces and savory-sweet rubs are unexpected, and a tad rebellious, just like the people who love them. Co-Founders Ed and Bart the Bull took their passion for barbecue and bravely went where no BBQ brand has gone before. Whether you’re the neighborhood pit master or a seasoned smoker, Rebel North’s line-up of spicy, smoky, and sweet flavors will spark up your BBQ game in a big way.
Wenzel Sauce
From New Haven, CT
Inspired by his coveted sandwich at a New Haven restaurant, Eric Wenzel created a special hot sauce that makes every meal legendary! Wenzel Sauce is a spicy & tangy hot sauce with a savory butter undertone making it unique from the rest and your new mealtime and tailgating sidekick. Aged red peppers, creamy butter flavoring and the perfect mix of spices creates a special sauce you can't live without.
Blue Seal
From Chicopee, MA
Blue Seal has manufactured tasty, tempting and tantalizing meats since 1920. In 1931, the company incorporated and became Chicopee Provisions, offering USDA inspected meats with minimal preservatives.
Hummel Bros.
From New Haven, CT
In 1920, Robert and William Hummel left their family in Hals, Germany to find a better life in the United States. In 1933, they borrowed money to buy a sausage company with the belief that if they made the highest-quality products; few if any would be able to make them better. Hummel Bros. is approaching its 80th year in the business of making the highest quality frankfurters & meat products available in the marketplace.
Bear's Smokehouse
From Windsor, CT
Bear's Smokehouse BBQ has grown from a takeout counter to a business that serves over one million customers annually. They smoke their BBQ meats in the Kansas City-style that Jamie "the Bear" McDonald enjoyed growing up in Kansas City, Missouri. Their sauces and rubs play a key role in creating the award-winning taste they've become known for, and now you can bring these flavors home!
Harmony Springs
From Ludlow, MA
Harmony Springs is committed to using natural ingredients, fruit juices and pure cane sugar to flavor their beverages. Using all of these natural ingredients and artesian water, Harmony Springs has been producing and bottling old-fashioned sodas and seltzers since 1908. Soda pop has always been about providing fun and entertaining experiences that invigorate the tongue and tantalize the taste buds.
Foxon Park
From East Haven, CT
A family-owned business for over 90 years. By using only the finest ingredients including real sugar, their soda has passed the hardest test of all – time. Try their flavors such as Kola, Root Beer, White Birch Beer, Orange and so much more!
Al Fresco
From Chelsea, MA
In 1994, Al Fresco was born out of the idea that “good” and “good for you” shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. Today, they're the #1 chicken sausage brand in the U.S. with 70% less fat than pork sausage and free of gluten, nitrites, nitrates, preservatives and artificial ingredients.
Bernardino's Bakery
From Chicopee, MA
Bernardino's is an expanding, wholesale bakery from Chicopee, MA with the taste and values of a small bakery. While we like to brag that we've been quality bakers since 1918, it's really the present that's most important to us. Each day we strive to bring our customers fresh, high-quality baked goods that are affordable and easy to access.
Jessica's Brick Oven Bakery
From Methuen, MA
Jessica's Brick Oven Bakery has been baking slow-rise breads since 1997. In 2008, that vision was transformed and a business built to get their high-quality breads to the masses. The goal is to make "better breads" available to everyone.
Lyman Orchards
From Middlefield, CT
This pie is bursting with the perfect blend of wild and farm-fresh blueberries in a light, flakey, hand-crimped crust. This is a blueberry pie to remember! This farm-to-table favorite makes any day a special occasion. It’s the perfect dessert to treat yourself or take along to share with family or friends. All our pies are handmade using time-honored techniques, so you can feel great about what you’re putting on the table—even before the first delicious bite.
Narragansett Creamery
From Narragansett, RI
This family-owned company makes cheese every day because they care about freshness. They use local milk, kind bacteria, vegetable based rennet, salt and nothing else.
Casertano Greenhouses & Farms
From Cheshire, CT
Over a century ago, Presco "Louie" Casertano helped his family build a farm in their new country, the United States. In 1929, he took a big risk and bought a farm of his own. He worked hard and fostered a love of the land in his children.
Since then, the Casertano Family has continuously owned and operated the farm for almost 94 years. The company has grown to become an industry leader producing high quality annuals and perennials for the entire Northeast. They currently operate over 140 acres of fields.
Grower Direct Farms
From Somers, CT
This family-owned-and-operated wholesale greenhouse is located in picturesque Somers, CT. Founded in 1981 with one acre of greenhouse, they’ve steadily grown to become one of the largest greenhouses in the Northeast.
Their growth is built upon their unrelenting commitment to the home gardener’s success. They are passionate about providing gardeners with plants that look great and perform well in every yard. They want everyone to experience the benefits that come with making plants a part of their life!
Mad Minis
From Wellesley, MA
If you know anything about New Englanders, you know we like our ice cream. Mad Minis are a labor of love, upholding our region’s tradition for the absolute finest ice cream at just the right size! What makes Mad Minis taste so good? Their ice cream cookie sandwiches are made with nothing less than the very best of ingredients. That means they’re 100% free from unpronounceable, weird stuff. Just real ice cream in 5 delicious flavors. And at 60 calories each, you can afford to go snacking mad!
Richie's
From Everett, MA
Since 1956, Richie's Italian Ice supplies New England retailers, food service operators, hotels and concessionaires with the finest, most flavorful Italian Ice available for over 50 years. Their customers look to them for great quality and incredible service. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Richie's hopes you will keep enjoying their Italian Ice products for many more years, and many more generations to come.
Liuzzi Cheese
From North Haven, CT
With 5 generations of artisan cheesemaking, their fresh and aged cheeses are made daily using milk sourced from dairy farms in CT.
Geremia Greenhouse
From Wallingford, CT
For over 100 years it has been the Geremia Greenhouse mission to supply beautiful plants from their multi acre greenhouse in Wallingford, CT.
Zuppardi’s Apizza
From West Haven, CT
Dominic Zuppardi learned the bread-baking trade on the southern coast of Italy. He opened his own shop in New Haven in 1932. His legacy lives on through his family, who continues to operate Zuppardi’s Apizza with the same integrity as its founder.
Kibberia Foods
From Danbury, CT
Founder Carole Iskandar, crafts fresh, delicious recipes with the highest food safety standards. Born and raised in the Mediterranean, Carole’s cooking journey began in her mother’s kitchen and continued with her move to America in the 1980s. Today Carole, and her husband Sam, operate Kibberia Foods Restaurant in Danbury, CT and provide freshly prepared meals available at your local Big Y!
Blue Seal
From Chicopee, MA
Blue Seal has manufactured tasty, tempting and tantalizing meats since 1920. In 1931 the company incorporated and became Chicopee Provisions, offering USDA inspected meats with minimal preservatives.
Kayem
From Chelsea, MA
At Kayem, they know the importance of quality time. They do everything possible to make their products the best. With over a 100-year commitment to excellence, they still use butcher-quality meats. It doesn't just have to meet their standards — they have to meet yours. That's the Kayem difference.
Premio
From Hawthorne, NJ
In Italian, Premio means “prize” or “reward,” which is exactly what you can expect from their sausage products: prize-winning taste and a delicious, rewarding meal for you and your family. For more than 43 years, Premio has been passionately making sausage, using only select, butcher-quality cuts of meat, carefully blended with a secret mixture of fine, imported spices, to deliver the perfect, juicy bite - every single time.
Bear's Smokehouse
From Windsor, CT
Bear's Smokehouse BBQ has grown from a takeout counter to a business that serves over one million customers annually. They smoke their BBQ meats in the Kansas City-style that Jamie "the Bear" McDonald enjoyed growing up in Kansas City, Missouri. Their sauces and rubs play a key role in creating the award-winning taste they've become known for, and now you can bring these flavors home!
Lighthouse Keeper's
From Yarmouthport, MA
Lighthouse Keeper's hot sauces, jellies and jams are inspired by the life and recipes of a lighthouse keeper on Sandy Neck Beach, Cape Cod. Their products are handmade in small batches, adding unique Cape Cod Flavors to classic recipes.
Whip City
From Westfield, MA
Whip City Jerky is a local, USDA inspected meat processor dedicated to making the best beef jerky you've ever had. Led by Tony Neuser, Chief Jerky Officer, Whip City Jerky's brand has expanded across the region focusing on their quality, freshly made, premium beef jerky. Whip City Jerky combines amazing flavors and a chip-like texture for a delicious, high protein snack option for your family. Available in Maple, Ragin' Buffalo or Mesquite.
Galilean's Kitchen
From Bristol, RI
Galilean’s Kitchen New England Stuffed Clams are produced in Bristol, RI from locally sourced clams and breading. Made with Surf clams caught by their own boats off the New England coast, these traditional appetizers are also great with a sandwich, soup, or a salad.
Little Leaf Farms
From Devens, MA
Owners Paul Sellow and Tim Cuniff developed Little Leaf lettuce in 2015. They have been a Big Y partner for over 7 years delivering the highest-quality leaf lettuce. Deliveries are made 4 times a week ensuring only the freshest lettuce for our customers. Little Leaf is hydroponically, hands-free grown.
Liuzzi Cheese
From North Haven, CT
With 5 generations of artisan cheesemaking, their fresh and aged cheeses are made daily using milk sourced from dairy farms in CT.
Between Rounds
From South Windsor, CT
With over 20 years serving CT, Between Rounds is one of the most beloved homegrown franchises. Their bagels are made fresh every day and held to the highest standards of quality. The bagels are baked fresh with classic flavors like plain, everything, and more.
Diana's Bakery
From Agawam, MA
Diana’s Bakery was established in 1975 by the Macari Family. They’ve grown to include a wholesale division delivering over 300 fresh and frozen baked goods including artisan breads, danish, donuts and a variety of cakes. Hallmarks of Diana’s Bakery have always been the ability to innovate and create new products.
Hoff's Bakery
From Medford, MA
Hoff's Bakery is a family-owned business located in Medford, MA, producing gourmet desserts for the retail and food services trades since 1983. Built on quality, consistency and service, their skilled artisan bakers are committed to creating the highest superior quality desserts possible.
Calise Bakery
From Lincoln, RI
What makes Calise so special? The answer is quite simple: "The Calise Way". They produce the highest-quality products at competitive prices in a safe and clean work environment, all while offering an unparalleled level of customer service. Their unwavering commitment to quality, food safety and excellent service alongside their blend of unique family recipes and modern technologies distinguish them from other bakeries.
Plainville Farm
From Hadley, MA
Plainville Farm goes to great lengths to ensure you receive the freshest, tastiest and safest produce in the marketplace. In most cases the produce that they pick today will be on the supermarket shelves tomorrow.
Millie's Pierogi
From Chicopee, MA
Years ago, while living in Chicopee Falls, MA, Anna and Walter Lopuk turned their eyes toward a pierogi business. At the beginning, Millie's consisted of a small restaurant, a production area the size of a 3-car garage, and a delivery truck. They still are a small, family-owned- and -operated business and take pride in knowing that they are producing an authentic, handmade, quality pierogi.
Ooma Tesoro's
From Windsor, MA
Ooma Tesoro's business started in 2009, in Michael and Robin's kitchen in Windsor, MA. Before that, it started in Michael's Grandmother Ooma's kitchen in Brooklyn, NY...but before THAT, the recipe goes all the way back to Avellino, Italy - generations before.
Headquartered in North Adams, Massachusetts, Ooma Tesoro's Marinara is still made by hand, exactly the same way it began! Try it yourself and you'll taste the difference.
Angela's Kitchen
From Cheshire, CT
Husband and wife, Keith and Angela Massimino, work as a team to grow their business. Angela's recipe for meat sauce was passed down three generations. It's one of the sauces that she'd spend three hours prepping for family gatherings. Friends and family urged her to start her own business for years and her daughter-in-law gave her a plaque that read "Angela's Kitchen".
Fanny's
From Framingham, MA
Made with fresh ingredients and authentic Italian recipes handed down from Adreana Sanchioni, Fanny's mother, their small batch sauces are made using only high-quality San Marzano tomatoes and premium ingredients.
Blue Seal
From Chicopee, MA
In 1920, Stanley Sitarz asked his brother, Jacob, and Bartlomiej Partyka, to join him in the production of Polish-style kielbasa. The Sitarz Manufacturing Co. was born in Chicopee, MA and soon became the Chicopee Sausage and Provision Company. On Dec. 31, 1931, they incorporated and became Chicopee Provision Co., Inc., manufacturers of “Blue Seal” Table Ready Meats and Specialties.
Hummel Bros.
From New Haven, CT
In 1920, Robert and William Hummel left their family in Hals, Germany to find a better life in the United States. In 1933, they borrowed money to buy a sausage company with the belief that if they made the highest-quality products; few if any would be able to make them better. Hummel Bros. is approaching its 80th year in the business of making the highest quality frankfurters & meat products available in the marketplace.
North Country Smokehouse
From Claremont, NH
Located in Claremont, NH, North Country Smokehouse opened a state-of-the-art facility in October 2018. The authentic charcuterie features traditional cure recipes using the best, natural ingredients and small batch smoking process over embers of local hardwoods.
J. Timothy's Taverne
From Plainville, CT
J. Timothy’s Taverne was established in 1980 in the former Cooke’s Tavern, a historic building dating back to 1789. Their "Dirt Wings" with their Buffalo Sauce became so popular the restaurant was featured on The Food Network, Travel Channel and many national publications. The Food Network said it was “The best Buffalo Sauce we’ve ever tasted!”
Little Leaf Farms
From Devens, MA
Owners Paul Sellow and Tim Cuniff developed Little Leaf lettuce in 2015. They have been a Big Y partner for over 7 years delivering the highest-quality leaf lettuce. Deliveries are made 4 times a week ensuring only the freshest lettuce for our customers. Little Leaf is hydroponically, hands-free grown.
Red Rose
From Springfield, MA
In 1963, Edda Caputo opened a 15-seat pizzeria in Springfield, MA using recipes from her native Naples, Italy. More than 50 years later, still run by the Caputo family, Red Rose Pizzeria & Restaurant is a Springfield landmark, famous for their pizza and able to accommodate more than 400 diners. They’re now working with Big Y to bring you premium marinara sauce and their signature salad dressing.
Mike Shea's Coffee Roasting Co.
From Bridgewater, MA
Their coffee journey started with a coffeehouse. Today, they source coffee beans throughout the world to match "that perfect bean with that perfect roast." Mike Shea’s Coffee Roasting Co. only roasts specialty coffee in small batches, maximizing each bean’s taste profile since 2009.
Candlewood Coffee
From Brookfield, CT
Candlewood Coffee was born on the shores of Lake Candlewood. They still call the Brookfield, CT area home. They are a family-owned-and-operated business since 2009. Candlewood Coffee is “Connecticut’s Own” source for premium Arabica coffees from around the world. Be delighted with a Connecticut-based coffee company today!
No. Six Depot Coffee
From West Stockbridge, MA
No. Six Depot travels to coffee growing countries, sourcing the highest quality, most sustainable, shade-grown, Arabica beans directly from small farms and co-ops around the world. They mindfully roast the beans by hand in small batches in the oldest train station in the Berkshires.
Yankee Trader Seafood
From Pembrooke, MA, A family-run, woman-owned seafood company based in Pembroke, Massachusetts. Established by Gerry McAdams in 1994, and currently run by Gerry’s daughters and grandchildren, we’ve been turning out delectable frozen seafood dishes for almost 3 decades. From baked seafood cakes to spring seafood appetizers to quick seafood meals and more. Thoughtfully made by highly skilled and seasoned chefs, they’re easy to eat and easy to prepare.
Bianco & Sons Sausage
From Medford, MA, Family owned and operated for three generations, Bianco & Sons has been perfecting family recipes since their grandfather, Joseph Bianco Sr., opened his butcher shop in 1960. Using only quality cuts of meat and premium ingredients, they continue to craft their signature sausage and marinated meats.
Fiorella's
From Belmont, MA, The story of Fiorella’s pasta sauce begins with a young boy growing up in his father’s pizza cafe. He learned a family recipe passed through generations, which eventually developed into their treasured signature sauce. Share their Signature Marinara or Fra Diavolo sauce with your family and make life more delicious!
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