17 Facts About Shopko

Shopko was a chain of department stores based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Shopko operated Pamida as a separate division until 2007, when Pamida was separated from Shopko and reestablished as a separate company.

Shopko hit $1 billion in sales on the strength of 87 stores in 1988.

In 1997, Shopko acquired Penn-Daniels Inc and its eighteen Jacks Discount Stores.

Shopko led the acquisition of 147 Pamida stores later that year.

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In 2008, Shopko Express expanded into urban markets with the opening of a Green Bay, Wisconsin location, but this store was shuttered less than a year after it was opened.

In May 2010, Shopko outsourced its IT services to HCL Technologies, based in Chennai, India.

In 2011, Shopko placed even more emphasis on its Hometown subsidiary, opening nine new locations and closing regular stores to focus on the Hometown stores.

In 2015, due to bankruptcy, Shopko acquired 20 ALCO Stores locations with the plan of converting them to Hometown locations.

Late in 2016, Shopko closed four stores due to poor sales but opened one in Ely, Nevada.

Shopko began closing its pharmacies in December 2018 and selling their patient records to local competitors including Walgreens, CVS, Hy-Vee and Kroger.

Shopko announced the closure of another 105 of its 363 stores, including its original Military Ave.

Shopko Express was a chain of pharmacies owned by Shopko.

Shopko Express carried a limited selection of general merchandise, groceries, beer, wine, health and beauty supplies, and over-the-counter medicines.

In 2012 Shopko acquired Pamida and all former Pamida locations then operated as Shopko Hometown stores.

In 1999, Shopko signed a contract with Payless ShoeSource, leasing the floorspace to the shoe chain within Shopko stores with prominent front signage, replacing the previous contract with J Baker, Inc as the retailer in charge of the discount shoe department.

Shopko sold an assortment of private label store brand products, primarily in apparel and general merchandise.