Laneco
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Laneco was a former supermarket chain which had stores in Eastern, PA & western New Jersey. At one time it operated four different types of stores. The older stores were called Food Lane, which were former Food Fair stores with the least square footage and only carried food products. There were also Laneco's and Laneco SuperCenters these stores were much larger than Food Lanes and offered general merchandise. Sam Walton actually worked with Ray Bartolacci Sr. to develop the Wal-Mart Supercenter. Laneco also operated CR Pharmacies which were often located in Laneco Supercenters.
[edit] History
Laneco was founded by Ray Bartolacci Sr. in 1946. The first store opened as Paramount Foods in Easton, Pa., and completed its first day of business with a total of $18 in sales. The stores were Acquired by Supervalu in October 1992 & were closed by them in 2001. The stores were scaled down for the last several years until they were closed. The stores operated with a union and several thousand employees were laid off at the closure of the stores. Laneco had around 16 stores at the time of closure. Many stores were purchased by and converted to Giant, while Redner's picked up a few locations, and a few still remain vacant today. When Giant (Ahold) reopened the stores they did not hire any former Laneco employees because they were members of a union.
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