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The company previously responsible for operating the Brooks chain, The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Inc., along with Eckerd Corporation, remained active in-name-only subsidiaries of Rite Aid, as shown in the latter company's October 2023 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, despite the conversion of the Brooks and Eckerd chains in 2007 and the sale of ...
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 ...
An Eckerd Pharmacy in Rochester, Pennsylvania, pictured shortly before its conversion into a Rite Aid in August 2007. This location closed in October 2023. [13] 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 ...
The pharmacy chain Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in October. Since then, the chain closed hundreds of stores, including 16 more locations in Ohio during additional recent downsizing.
On August 23, 2006, The Wall Street Journal announced that Rite Aid would acquire the U.S. subsidiary of Quebec-based Jean Coutu Group, including 1,858 Eckerd Pharmacy and Brooks Pharmacy stores, for US$3.4 billion in cash and issuing stock, which would also give Jean Coutu a 32% equity stake in Rite Aid.
Rite Aid, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, is now preparing to shed more than 100 stores nationwide as part of its restructuring efforts. ... Grove St. and Route 101 in ...
Rite Aid once had some 2,200 locations in 17 states. The number of stores that are either closed or are about to close amounts to about 10% of the chain's total locations.
In 2006, Rite Aid bought the Eckerd chain in a deal valued at $3.4 billion. In 2018, Walgreens bought 1,932 Rite Aid locations and three distribution centers for $4.4 billion.