Pamida had previously been part of Shopko, which acquired the company in 1999 and operated it as a separate division.
"Personally, it's exciting," said Tony Schmid, director of pharmacy operations for
Pamida. "As Rep.
Customers can then have their photos printed for collection at a
Pamida store or posted to their home.
The majority of the Hometown units are former
Pamida stores, converted in 2012 after Shopko and
Pamida parent Sun Capital Partners Inc.
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Of greater import was the spinning off of
Pamida, the 200-store discount chain Shopko acquired in 1999.
It owns ShopKo,
Pamida, Mervyns department stores, Wickes Furniture, Nationwide Warehouse furniture, Life Uniform, Anchor Blue clothing, Bachrach Clothing men's stores, Rag Shop crafts and Drug Fair, a New Jersey discount drug chain.
announced Wednesday it will sell 112 ShopKo stores and 66
Pamida stores, as well as the corporate headquarters for both chains and three distribution centers, to Spirit Finance Corp.
A 20-year veteran of the retail industry, Lyle joins
Pamida from Wal-Mart, where she was vice president of corporate marketing, advertising and administration.
Its formats include specialty discount stores operating under the ShopKo name and
Pamida discount stores.
Before it was acquired and taken private by Sun Capital Partners in 2005, Shopko had acquired
Pamida, a midwestern chain of smaller discount stores.
-- The splitting of Shopko Stores Inc.'s Shopko and
Pamida divisions earlier this year is the latest turn in a series of changes that have taken place at the company in the past few years.