Published February 12, 2013, 06:52 AM

Pamida stores now changed to Shopkos

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Shopko announced recently it has completed the conversion of 163 Pamida stores, making it one of the largest U.S. retailers focused on serving smaller and rural communities.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Shopko announced recently it has completed the conversion of 163 Pamida stores, making it one of the largest U.S. retailers focused on serving smaller and rural communities.

It was a year ago that Shopko and Pamida first announced their intent to merge the two companies and convert the existing Pamida locations to the Shopko Hometown store format. One year later, the conversion of the last group of Pamida stores is now complete with the final 36 stores celebrating their official grand openings as Shopko Hometown.

Shopko invested a total of $70 million into efforts to convert the Pamida stores to the Shopko Hometown format. Today, Shopko operates 176 Shopko Hometown stores, a jump from just 10 at this time last year.

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