Shopko (formerly ShopKo until May 2007) is a chain of retail stores based in Ashwaubenon,
Wisconsin, outside of Green Bay, behind Bay Park Square, a shopping mall
featuring Shopko as one of its anchor tenants. 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.
The
company operates 135 stores located in 13 states. These
stores are placed in small to mid-sized communities. Such stores are multi-department
operations. |
