Discuss.
In 2012, all Pamida stores were converted into the now-defunct Shopko Hometown chain. Yesterday, Shopko, their parent company went out of business for good...
Shopko Optical will continue to operate under new ownership...
I had first heard of Pamida from some family who lived in a remote town on
Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It was a mining community where the mines were
tapped out and everyone struggled economically. When Pamida showed up with
40 to 50 minimum wage jobs it was seen as a great boon to the community.
Later the former Fisher's Big Wheel store across from my Ames store in Imlay City
became a Pamida. Later it became a ShopKo Hometown location when Pamida was
acquired. It closed recently, along with the rest of the ShopKo chain.
That location was pretty far east for both chains.
Here is a map published by shopko of all of the pamida stores in 2004
https://www.flickr.com/photos/182021376@N07/48634040058/in/dateposted-public/
Here's a Google Street View of the Pamida store in Ladysmith, WI
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4683203,-91.1111984,3a,75y,259.4h,88.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf6TniYFLIt9Yunwo8A5yBg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
The store seems a lot bigger than most other Pamida locations