AGAWAM — Big Y Foods Inc. and milk processor HP Hood LLC have announced an expanded partnership they say will support the regional farm economy, create jobs and strengthen operations at the two Massachusetts-based family businesses.
Hood now supplies Big Y's store-brand milk, allowing the dairy plant in Agawam to add 12 new jobs and process an additional 5 million gallons of milk every year, company representatives said at an informal luncheon celebration at the Hood plant Tuesday.
"We have long coveted a deeper relationship with Big Y," said John Kaneb, Hood's president and CEO. He said the two iconic New England companies built a strong, new partnership in a short period of time. "We see things the same way; we have very much the same values," he said.
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