The Market Report

Lake Region IGA Owner: James Shook Opened:  1987 Cooperative:  IGA Location:  52 Welwood Ave, Hawley, PA Photographed:  December 22, 2018 and May 29, 2023 Yesterday we saw the former IGA in Hawley, but Hawley still has a functional, operating IGA! This store opened in 1987 and appears to have been built at that time -- I don't think there was anyone else here before Lake Region IGA. The 28,000 square foot store was recently renovated, and I actually have before and after pictures which is a fun bonus! After And, as you'll see, I've labeled the pictures as "before" and "after" under each one. The outside has gotten some new signs, but mostly looks the same. As we'll see, the inside didn't get a major makeover, but it looks good. After We enter to produce in the front-right corner. The grand aisle continues down the right side of the store, with meat on the back wall. Frozen foods are in the second-to-last aisle, with more in the front left corne...

Original Grocery Tenant: ACME Markets Address: 24 Main Ave, Hawley, PA Opened:  1950s Closed:  1994 Later Tenants:  Insalaco's (1994-1995) > Dutch's Market (1995-2006) > IGA (2006-2014) > Dollar General (2015- ) Photographed:  December 18, 2019 and May 28, 2023 Hawley, PA is a delightful quaint little town on the shores of Lake Wallenpaupack, a very interesting manmade lake (where you can also take a beautiful boat tour). This 13,000 square foot store was built in the 1950s by ACME and then closed in 1994, but here's where it gets interesting. Insalaco's was apparently here for just a year, opening in 1994 and closing in 1995. Dutch's Market, which has another location in Greentown which we'll be touring in a few days, was here from 1995 to 2006, at which point the store closed and was sold to the owners of the other supermarket in town, the Lake Region IGA. It operated as an IGA until 2014 (after it was beginning to close in 2011, but extended briefl...