Shopko was founded in 1962 by James Ruben, a pharmacist, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His vision was of a larger retail store with health care services combined with retail operations. As a result, Shopko became one of the first brands to offer services such as eye care centers and pharmacies inside the stores.
Shopko also operates walk-in clinics in their stores in partnership with local hospitals.
The company was public from 1991 to 2005, when it was bought by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners and was taken private.
Today Shopko operates more than 330 stores, including 135 Shopko discount stores and 175 Shopko Hometown shops (formerly Pamida stores) in 20 states across the Midwest, Mountain, and Pacific Northwest.
Shopko has 16,000 employees, had $3 billion in revenue in 2013, and is #167 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies.
ShopkoShopko was founded in 1962 by James Ruben, a pharmacist, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His vision was of a larger retail store with health care services combined with retail operations. As a result, Shopko became one of the first brands to offer services such as eye care centers and pharmacies inside the stores.
Shopko also operates walk-in clinics in their stores in partnership with local hospitals.
The company was public from 1991 to 2005, when it was bought by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners and was taken private.
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Today Shopko operates more than 330 stores, including 135 Shopko discount stores and 175 Shopko Hometown shops (formerly Pamida stores) in 20 states across the Midwest, Mountain, and Pacific Northwest.
Shopko has 16,000 employees, had $3 billion in revenue in 2013, and is #167 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies.
