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Transitions
Recognized at Annual Conference
for Superior Quality and Service
PINELLAS
PARK, Fla.
– ShopKo Eyecare Centers recently recognized Transitions Optical,
Inc. as its Lens Vendor of the Year.
Each year, ShopKo honors companies that share in its common
goals for driving business, initiate creative marketing programs and
have an overall positive cooperative attitude.
“With
the outstanding services and support that vendors like Transitions
Optical provide, our company is growing every year,” said Don Bye,
vice president of Optical Services, ShopKo.
“Our relationship with Transitions has been extremely
positive, and ShopKo continues to flourish with Transitions®
lenses as our photochromic of choice.
The Transitions team is well-deserving of this recognition
for its exceptional support and creativity.”
This
prestigious award was presented at ShopKo’s annual conference in
Green Bay, Wis., on April 28. Attending
the conference were more than 250 optical managers and optometrists,
and approximately 25 vendors, who demonstrated their products during
the trade show portion of the event.
“Transitions
is constantly striving to provide its customers with the tools and
resources they need to be successful,” said Donna Vernier, senior
account manager, Transitions. “ShopKo
is a great example of a company that has fully utilized each tool to
successfully grow its business.
We are honored to be recognized for our efforts in providing
quality service to our customers.”
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. ShopKo is a $2.2 billion
retailer of quality goods and services headquartered in Green Bay,
Wis., with stores located in 13 states throughout the Midwest,
Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions.
Retail formats include 132 ShopKo stores, providing quality
name-brand merchandise, great values, pharmacy and optical services
in mid-sized to larger cities and three ShopKo Express Rx stores, a
convenient neighborhood drugstore concept.
For more information, please visit www.shopko.com.
About
Transitions
Transitions Optical, headquartered in Pinellas Park, was the first
to successfully commercialize a plastic photochromic lens in 1990.
As the leading provider of photochromics to optical manufacturers,
Transitions Optical offers the most advanced photochromic technology
in the widest selection of lens designs and materials.
Transitions
Optical’s core product line, Transitions® lenses, are the #1-
recommended photochromic lenses worldwide. As higher-performing
everyday lenses, Transitions lenses change from clear indoors to
sunglass dark outdoors in proportion to the intensity of UV light.
Transitions Optical also offers several special-purpose lenses that
change from a tinted state indoors to a darker state outdoors when
activated by UV light. These lenses are marketed as Activated by
Transitions™.
Transitions
Optical has manufacturing operations in Pinellas Park; Tuam,
Ireland; Laguna, Philippines; Sumare, Brazil, Adelaide Australia and
Chonburi, Thailand. Sales offices are located in Cambridge, Canada
and nine other countries.
For
more information about the company and Transitions lenses, the first
to earn the American Optometric Association’s Seal of Acceptance
for Ultraviolet Absorbers/Blockers, visit Transitions.com
or contact Transitions Optical Customer Service at (800) 848-1506
(United States) or (877) 254-2590 (Canada).
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