Shopko(April 5, 1962-June 23, 2019) was a chain of private retail stores operating in  363 stores in 24 states and founded by James Ruben as ShopKo Corporation in Green Bay, Florida.
April 5, 1962; 58 years ago (1962-04-05) (as ShopKo) June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23) (excluding optical locations) Shopko was a chain of retail stores based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. By the time it went out of business, the company operated 363 stores in 24 states including, but not limited to, California, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The company was founded in 1962 by James Ruben as ShopKo Corporation (with upper-case "K"). 
