ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) – Officials with Shopko say they’re expanding nationwide by opening 20 new hometown stores outside of Wisconsin.
Currently, the Ashwaubenon-based retailer has 178 hometown stores.
The new stores will open in Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, Utah and Texas.
Much like current hometown store concepts, company officials say they will open in more rural areas.
“Hometown markets did even better than our Shopko Big Box. Again, there is not a lot of competition in those markets,” said Shopko Senior vice president Jeff Csuy. “We really fulfill a need and again, when she can save time and money and stay right in that market, she is going to do that. So Shopko is good, Hometown is even better.”
The new locations will have grand openings later this month. Once the addition of the 20 stores is complete, the company plans to add more Shopko Hometown stores in the second half of 2015 and into 2016.
(Additional reporting from FOX 11).
