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COVID-19: Big Y Pricing Freeze Extended For Specific Food Items COVID-19: Big Y Pricing Freeze Extended For Specific Food Items
Covid-19: Big Y Pricing Freeze Extended For Specific Food Items Big Y Foods is extending its “pricing freeze” on specific foods - and adding more items to the list - as the fallout from COVID-19 continues to ravage the economy. There are now 15,000 food items under the Springfield-based Big Y Foods’ price freeze - this is up from 10,000 items when the freeze first went into effect in May. Food items subject to the price freeze include chicken, butter, grapes, peanut butter, breakfast cereal, cheese, strawberries, yogurt, orange juice, hotdogs, tomatoes, avocados, raspberries, deli salads, and frozen beef patties.  Big Y says it will maintain prici…

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by Kristin Palpini
Schools
Sacred Heart University Will Now Offer Electrical Engineering Degree Sacred Heart University Will Now Offer Electrical Engineering Degree
Sacred Heart University Will Now Offer Electrical Engineering Degree Sacred Heart University’s School of Computer Science and Engineering in Fairfield has officially established a new bachelor’s degree program: electrical engineering. The program will become available starting in the fall semester. School representatives say that technological innovation is likely to drive the demand for electrical engineers in research and development industries. New developments include solar arrays, semiconductors and communications technologies, all of which require expertise from electrical engineers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A bachelor’s degree is …

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by Valerie Musson