The Market Report

Shady Maple Farm Market Owner: Marvin Weaver Opened:  1970 Cooperative:  none Location:  1324 Main St, East Earl, PA Photographed:  August 20, 2019 Any frequent fliers on senior bus trips to the Pennsylvania countryside from northern New Jersey? I took one once (with my grandmother) and we stopped at the Shady Maple Smorgasboard for lunch. What is the Smorgasboard, and what is Shady Maple? Good question. Shady Maple is a giant complex, spanning nearly 50 acres, with several proportionately massive businesses. There's Good's Store, an 80,000 square foot general store; Gish's furniture; a banquet and conference center; the nearly 150,000 square foot Smorgasboard (complete with an all-you-can-eat buffet seating 1200 people, a fast food restaurant, and a 50,000 square foot gift shop); and the 110,000 square foot Shady Maple Farm Market. How was this created? If you're curious, here's their history timeline. I couldn't even begin to describe the layout here, becaus...

You've probably never heard of East Earl, PA. It's about 20 miles east of the city of Lancaster. However, it contains the super-tourist-attraction of the Shady Maple complex, which includes a Good's Store , the enormous Shady Maple Smorgasbord , an equally enormous 40,000 square foot gift shop , and the Shady Maple Farm Market, an 80,000-square-foot supermarket that was previously affiliated with Great Valu Markets. Here's a look at the complex, with the supermarket visible to the left. Don't ask me what happened to the colors in this photo. We can tour the interior interactively thanks to Google Maps: The store is located at 1324 Main St, East Earl, PA.