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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000057515-05-000043
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050824
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050825
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050825

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bendapudi Neeli
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001336294

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-04065
		FILM NUMBER:		051048038

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		614-292-2959

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FISHER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, 556 FISHER H
		STREET 2:		2100 NEIL AVENUE
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43210

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LANCASTER COLONY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000057515
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CANNED, FROZEN & PRESERVED FRUIT, VEG & FOOD SPECIALTIES [2030]
		IRS NUMBER:				131955943
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		37 W. BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43215
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6142247141

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		37 W. BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43215
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Patricia A. Schnieder POA Neeli Bendapudi</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-08-25</signatureDate>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE> POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of WILLIAM L. JORDAN, JOHN L. BOYLAN and PATRICIA A. SCHNIEDER, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director, officer or other Section 16 reporting person of LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of August, 2005.





/s/Neeli Bendapudi

Neeli Bendapudi



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