Shopko
The company operates 135 stores located in 13 states including Northern California, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Shopko once had a presence in Missouri, Nevada, Kentucky, and Indiana until the first round of store closings in 2001. These stores are placed in small to mid-sized communities. Such stores are multi-department operations. Shopko has distribution centers in DePere, Wisconsin, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boise, Idaho.
ShopKo once had a presence in Ohio, as part of the Twin Valu hypermarket concept from 1989 to 1995.
Chicago pharmacist James Ruben moved to Green Bay and opened the first Shopco store at 216 S. Military Avenue in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1962. He envisioned a larger retail store with health care services combined with the retail operations. As a result, Shopco became one of the first chains to offer services such as a pharmacy and an eye care center within the store. The name was later changed to "ShopKo" by dropping the "c" and replacing it with an uppercase "K". In 2007, the logo was updated and the spelling was changed to "Shopko" with a lower case "k" at the suggestion of Columbus, Ohio based retail design firm, Chute Gerdeman Retail. Shopko Express stores retained the older style logo until fall 2008, when a new store opened in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin was opened. Shopko also has on-site clinics inside their stores called FastCare.
Past slogans include "Say hello to a good buy at ShopKo," "ShopKo discounts the price...not the quality.," "The store for you." and "Neat stuff, neat store." Their current slogan is "My life...my style...my store" and has been in use since 2006. The slogan for ShopKo Express pharmacy is "Every day. On your way."
Shopko (formerly ShopKo until May 2007) is a chain of retail stores based in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, outside of Green Bay. The company employs approximately 16,000 people and has a presence in 13 states.
Shopko was founded in 1962 in Green Bay by James Ruben. From 1991 until 2005, the company was publicly held with stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SKO. In December 2005, the company was acquired by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners and reverted to private ownership. The company generates annual sales of approximately $2.2 billion. The first Shopko store is located on 216 S. Military Avenue, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
In 1999 Shopko purchased Pamida, a regional discount chain that operated mainly in smaller communities of three to eight thousand people. Shopko operated Pamida as a separate division until 2007, when Pamida was separated from Shopko and reestablished as a separate company
