Mallard Markets Owner: Karan Patel Opened: 2016 under current ownership; 2002 previously Cooperative: none Location: 161 S 2nd St, Lehighton, PA Photographed: December 22, 2018 Welcome to Lehighton! This little town of 5400 is situated on the Lehigh River roughly halfway between Allentown and Hazleton. The town has three supermarkets, with a GIANT and an ALDI to the west of town, and the Mallard Markets right in the middle of town. The 8800 square foot store isn't the largest, but it does have a little of a lot of things and is quite the pleasant little store. It's been in business since 2002, although the current owners took over in 2016. I'm not sure what it was prior to Mallard Markets, but I would guess it's been a supermarket for quite some time. There does seem to be some discrepancy, too, as exterior signage refers to the store as Mallard Markets, while the inside signage says just Mallard Market. I wonder if that means at one point there were multiple an...