Laneco/ Food Lane/ Lane Department Store - PA/ NJ

(closed 01 unless otherwise noted)

PA

Lehigh Valley
1 - Easton, 900 W. Wilkes-Barre St. (opened 46 as Paramount Food Market, relocated 61)
1 - Easton, 717 W. Berwick St. (second location; opened under Food Lane name; closed 91)
2 - Easton, 750 S. 25th St. (opened 56 under Food Lane name; closed 4/3/73)
2 - Allentown, Dorneyville S.C., 3245 Hamilton Blvd. (opened 7/3/75 in former Falk's Foodbasket, replacing store #7; opened under Laneco name)
3 - Coplay, 2nd & Chestnut Sts. (opened 62; closed 1/95 and demolished for new Laneco building)
4 - Easton, 250 Line St. (opened 62 as first Food Lane/ Lane Department store combo location)
5 - Coplay, 2nd & Chestnut Sts. (former Discount Fair acquired 65 and converted to Lane Dept. store; while it was next to the existing Food Lane the stores weren't linked together; closed 1/95 and demolished for new Laneco).
6 - Allentown, 2300 (renumbered 2323) Lehigh St. (opened 11/67 as Food Lane/ Lane Dept. combo)
7 - Allentown, 3923 Hamilton St. (opened 7/68 as Food Lane/ Lane Dept. combo; was destroyed by fire 6/17/75, but replaced by new store #2 at 3245 Hamilton a few weeks later)
9 - Allentown, Kmart Plaza, 4701 W. Tilghman St. (opened 6/4/71 as Food Lane; closed by early 90s)
11 - Bethlehem, Stefko Center, 1880 Stefko Blvd. (opened 11/6/83 in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride, under Laneco name)
12 - Wind Gap, 487 E. Moorestown Rd. (opened 9/72 as Food Lane/ Lane Dept. combo; closed 98)
13 - Bethlehem, Kmart Plaza, 3833 Linden St. (opened 11/15/72 as Food Lane; closed approx. 97)
15 - Coopersburg, 216 E. Fairmont St. (opened 10/21/73 as Food Lane/ Lane Dept. combo)
16 - Trexlertown, Trexler Mall, 6900 Hamilton Blvd. (opened 11/1/74 as Lane Dept. store; closed approx. 96)
17 - Easton, 1508 Sullivan Trail (Falk's Food Basket acquired 10/75; reopened under Laneco name; relocated 6/26/88)
17 - Easton, 1700 Sullivan Trail (second location)
20 - Nazareth, Rts. 191 & 248 (opened 4/13/76 in former Falk's Food Basket; demolished for new Laneco building in 90)
20 - Nazareth, 859 Nazareth Pike (second location)
21 - Bethlehem, Lehigh S.C., 2100 W. Union Blvd. (opened 5/79 in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride as a Food Lane; relocated 85)
21 - Bethlehem, Lehigh S.C., 2174 W. Union Blvd. (second location in former Acme, opened as Laneco; demolished for Giant)
22 - Bethlehem, 410 Montclair Ave. (opened 6/1/79 in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride as Food Lane)
23 - Allentown, Crest Plaza, 1550 N. Cedar Crest Blvd. (opened 79 in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride as Food Lane; sold to IGA in late 1984; demolished for Eckerd)
25 - Easton, 25th & Butler S.C., 2431 Butler St. (opened 12/9/79 as Food Lane, in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride)
26 - Allentown, 15th & Allen S.C., 1401 Allen St. (opened 7/12/79 as Food Lane; in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride)
31 - Easton, 3745 Nicholas St. (opened 3/17/85 in former Falks/ Shopwell/ Jamesway)
35 - Coplay, 202 Chestnut St. (opened 96 replacing earlier Coplay store)

Berks County
8 - Reading, Reading Fairgrounds Farmers Market, 3050 N. 5th St. Hwy. (opened 68 as Food Lane/ Lane Dept. combo, relocated within market in 1970)
8 - Reading, Reading Fairgrounds Farmers Market, 3050 N. 5th St. Hwy. (second location, closed between 76-78; demolished for Fairgrounds Square Mall)
30 - Kutztown, Lane Plaza, 15262 Kutztown Rd. (opened 5/22/83 as Lane Dept. Store, in former Kings; closed 2/95)

Bucks County
24 - Quakertown, Quakertown Plaza, 1401 W. Broad St. (opened 9/23/79 as Food Lane, in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride; closed 6/10/95; demolished for Clemens)

Carbon/ Schuylkill/ Lackawanna Counties
10 - Lehighton, Carbon Plaza Mall, 1241 Blakeslee Blvd. (opened 10/4/71 as Food Lane/ Lane combo)
11 - Moosic, Birney Plaza, Rt. 11 (opened 1/72; closed 5/77 due to distance from the rest of the chain)
28 - Tamaqua (Hometown), Laneco Plaza, Rts. 309 & 54 (opened 11/15/81 as Laneco, closed 8/97; demolished for Walmart)
29 - Pottsville, Cressona Mall, Rts. 61 & 183 (opened 4/18/82 as Lane Dept. Store in former Grant City, closed 2/95)

NJ

Hunterdon/ Warren Counties
14 - Clinton, Laneco Plaza, Rts. 78 & 513 (opened 11/29/73; converted to dept. store-only location in 90; closed 2/95)
18 - Whitehouse, Rt. 22 & Island Rd. (Falk's Food Basket acquired 10/75)
19 - Phillipsburg, 1306 Rt. 22 (opened 3/1/76 in former Falk's Food Basket; demolished for Walmart)
27 - Phillipsburg, 660 Memorial Pkwy. (opened early 80 in former Food Fair/ Pantry Pride; demolished in 2022)
34 - Clinton, Laneco Plaza, Rts. 22 & 513 (opened as grocery-only Laneco 90)

Mercer County
32 - Ewing, Capitol Plaza, 1500 N. Olden Ave. (opened 88 in former Korvette's, closed 95)