Updated 16 September 2025 (Originally published 28 June 2023)
This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Lancaster between 1925 and 2020, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources. There may be some omissions due to incomplete or missing data, etc. and I welcome suggestions and corrections. Please read about my methodology for more information about what I do and do not include.
Location list
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- 128 S Broad St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1925: Kroger
- 1930: Kroger
- 1936: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 133 S Broad St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 201 S Broad St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1936: A&P
- 912 S Broad St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Red & White (Bay’s)
- 2900 Columbus Lancaster Rd NW, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 2005: Meijer
- 2010: Meijer
- 2014: Meijer
- 2020: Meijer
- 117 N Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1925: United States Stores
- 1930: United States Stores
- 119 N Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 142 N Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 200 N Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1936: A&P
- 230 N Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Big Bear
- 1949: Big Bear
- 1954: Big Bear
- 1960: Big Bear
- 1965: Big Bear
- 1970: Big Bear
- Notes: Closed late 1973 or early 1974.
- 436 N Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1936: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: Closed 8/1940.
- 535 N Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1936: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 1945: Kroger
- 1949: Kroger
- 1954: Kroger
- Notes: 535-537 (1935.1954). 533 (1945).
- 124 S Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1936: A&P
- 130 S Columbus St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1936: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 1945: Kroger
- 1394 Ety Pointe Dr NW, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 2010: Giant Eagle
- 2014: Giant Eagle
- 2020: Giant Eagle
- 401 N Ewing St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 2020: Kroger
- 149 E Hubert Av, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1976: Warehouse Market
- 1980: Warehouse Market (Gardner’s)
- 1985: Mr Moneysworth
- 1990: Mr Moneysworth
- 1995: Mor for Less
- 441 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1936: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 1945: Kroger
- 1949: Kroger
- 1954: Kroger
- 1960: Red & White (Hiatt’s)
- Notes: 441-443 (1935). 443 (1949,1954 on).
- 501 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1936: A&P
- 509 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: United States Stores
- Notes: 509-511 (1930).
- 518 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1965: IGA (Bininger’s)
- 1970: IGA (Bininger’s)
- 1976: IGA (Lancaster)
- 1980: IGA (Lancaster)
- 853 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 1936: A&P
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: 853-855 (1935). Closed 8/1940.
- 857 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1925: Kroger
- 1930: Kroger
- 1936: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 1145 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1976: Kroger
- 1980: Kroger
- 1985: Kroger Sav-on
- 1990: Kroger Sav-on
- 1995: Kroger Sav-on
- 2000: Kroger Sav-on
- 2005: Kroger
- 2010: Kroger
- 2014: Kroger
- Notes: 1141 (1985 on). Open 1/1960. Closed 2019.
- 1710 E Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1976: Big Bear
- 1980: Big Bear
- 1985: Big Bear
- 1990: Big Bear
- 1995: Big Bear
- 157 W Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: A&P
- 163 W Main St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- Notes: Closed 8/1940.
- 504 N Maple St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: Kroger
- 1936: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 1945: Kroger
- Notes: 502 (1935). Listed as 802 (1940, typo).
- 230 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1940: A&P
- 1945: A&P
- 1949: A&P
- 1954: A&P
- Notes: Supermarket. Was Front St (pre-1949). Open 8/1940. Closed 5/1960.
- 621 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1965: Albers
- 1970: Albers
- 629 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 2005: Aldi
- 2010: Aldi
- 2014: Aldi?
- 2020: Save-A-Lot
- Notes: Save-A-Lot by 2015.
- 1201 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1960: A&P
- 1965: A&P
- 1970: A&P
- 1976: Super Valu (Ron’s)
- Notes: North Memorial Drive Shopping Center (1960). Plaza Shopping Center (1965). Center open 1960.
- 1215 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1995: Festival Foods
- 2000: Festival Foods
- 2005: Festival Foods
- 2010: Carnival Foods
- 2014: Carnival Foods
- Notes: Plaza Shopping Center.
- 1251 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Big Bear
- 1965: Big Bear
- 1970: Big Bear
- 1976: Big Bear
- 1980: Big Bear
- 1985: Big Bear
- Notes: North Memorial Drive Shopping Center (1960). Plaza Shopping Center (1965). Center open 1960.
- 1621 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 2020: Kroger
- 1735 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1980: Kroger
- 1985: Kroger Sav-on
- 1990: Kroger Sav-on
- 1995: Kroger Sav-on
- 2000: Kroger Sav-on
- 2005: Kroger
- 2010: Kroger
- 2014: Kroger
- 1375 Old Logan Rd SE, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1980: Gateway
- 700 Reese Av, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1960: IGA (Lane’s)
- 1965: IGA (Lane’s)
- 1970: IGA (Stover’s)
- 1430 River Valley Blvd, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1990: Big Bear
- 1995: Big Bear
- 2000: Big Bear
- 310 Washington Av, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1925: Kroger
- 1930: Kroger
- 338 Washington Av, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1936: Kroger
- 1940: Kroger
- 1945: Kroger
- 1949: Kroger
- 1954: Kroger
- Notes: Listed as 360 (1954, typo?)
- 403 Washington Av, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: United States Stores
- 622 E Wheeling St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1930: United States Stores
- 124 W Wheeling St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1945: Kroger
- 1949: Kroger
- 1954: Kroger
- Notes: 124-130 (1949).
- 342 W Wheeling St, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 1960: Kroger
- 1965: Kroger
- 1970: Kroger
- 1976: Kroger
- 1904 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster | Google Maps Link
- 2020: Aldi