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Rite Aid Corporation is an American drugstore chain based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] It was founded in 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, by Alex Grass under the name Thrift D Discount Center. It is the third-largest drugstore chain in the United States, with roughly 1,250 stores in 15 U.S. states, primarily on the East and West coasts.
Rite Aid is closing multiple locations after filing for bankruptcy last year. See the full list of Rite Aid store closures for 2024.
Rite Aid is in much worse financial shape than its competitors. Over the past six years, Rite Aid has tallied nearly $3 billion in losses. While it has secured $3.5 billion in financing and debt ...
On August 23, 2006, The Wall Street Journal announced that Rite Aid would acquire 1,858 Eckerd Pharmacy and Brooks Pharmacy stores from Jean Coutu for US$3.4 billion (~$4.94 billion in 2023). The deal closed on June 4, 2007. Rite Aid announced that the two chains would be converted to the Rite Aid name, retiring the 109-year-old Eckerd banner.
In June 2007, a 109-year-old retail legacy came to an end. Rite-Aid Corporation completed its acquisition of Eckerd Pharmacy by purchasing Jean Coutu USA for $2.3 billion in cash plus $1 billion ...
Thrifty PayLess Holdings, Inc. was a pharmacy holding company that owned the Thrifty Drugs and PayLess Drug Stores chains in the western United States. The combined company was formed in April 1994 when Los Angeles–based TCH Corporation, the parent company of Thrifty Corporation and Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc., acquired the Kmart subsidiary PayLess Drug Stores Northwest, Inc. [1] At the time ...
Rite Aid filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on Oct. 15 amid flagging sales, mounting debt and several opioid-related lawsuits. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ...
After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Rite Aid said it will receive $3.45 billion in new financing to help the company keep remaining stores open and employees paid while it undergoes ...