Shopko Launches Mobile Pharmacy App to Maximize Customer Convenience

GREEN BAY, Wis., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With increasing demands for time spreading consumers thin — whether it's working longer hours or shuttling the children to and from their many appointments — running errands has become more of a challenge. To make life simpler for shoppers always on the go, Shopko announces the launch of its mobile pharmacy app, allowing users to quickly and easily refill and manage their pharmacy prescriptions anywhere, anytime from their smartphones.

The free and easy-to-use app, available on the iPhone, Android and Blackberry platforms, maximizes customer convenience by enabling users to handle all of their pharmacy needs with their smartphone. With the new app, customers can now request refills, review active prescription details — including expiration date, refills remaining and overdue refills — set up dosage reminders and receive email/text notifications when a prescription refill is ready. Additionally, the mobile app includes a "Pharmacy Locator" feature so customers can locate and get driving directions, while also checking hours of operation for the nearest Shopko pharmacy.

"We are always exploring new ways to improve customer service and make our pharmacy services more convenient, and this app makes finding our stores and filling prescriptions on their mobile devices quick and easy for our customers," stated Paul Jones , Shopko president, chairman and CEO. "This app is in direct response to consumer demand and we've worked hard to develop the features most important to our customers. This will be a convenient and simple new way to access our award winning pharmacy services."

To download Shopko's new mobile pharmacy app, visit shopko.com/app.

About Shopko

Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC is an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a leading private investment firm focused on leverage buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in market-leading companies that can benefit from its in-house operating professionals and experience. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the $2 billion retailer operates 149 stores in 13 states throughout the Midwest, Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions. Retail formats include 134 Shopko stores, providing quality name-brand merchandise, great values, pharmacy and optical services in small to mid-sized cities; 5 Shopko Express Rx stores, a convenient neighborhood drugstore concept; and 10 Shopko Hometown locations, a smaller concept store developed to meet the needs of rural communities. For more information, visit www.shopko.com.

SOURCE Shopko