Shopko
Sun Capital stripped real estate, loaded debt, extracted $50M dividend. All 360 stores liquidated. 14,000 jobs lost.
- FOUNDED
- 1962
- ACQUIRED
- Sun Capital Partners, 2005, $1.1 billion
- IMPACTS
- 1 documented
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Editorial Record
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1962
Shopko founded
2005
Acquired by Sun Capital Partners for $1.1 billion
2019
Shopko liquidated after Sun Capital stripped assets and extracted $50M dividend
CriticalClosure / BankruptcySun Capital executed the standard playbook: sale-leaseback, debt loading, fee extraction. All 360 stores across 26 states liquidated. 14,000 workers lost jobs.
Before / After
MetricBefore PEAfter PEΔ
Store count
reported 2019
before 360 stores
after 0 (liquidated)
-100%
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