EXHIBIT 99.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
             PURSUANT TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of Lancaster Colony Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
John B. Gerlach, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of
my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.

/s/JOHN B. GERLACH, JR.
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John B. Gerlach, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
September 25, 2002



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