March 15, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
MMR vaccine, Rite Aid, Rite Aid pharmacists, Rite Aid's Vaccine Central
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Citing an upswing in mumps cases around the country, Rite Aid Corp. is spotlighting its pharmacies as a destination for the MMR vaccine. Rite Aid said Wednesday that MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccinations are available on a walk-in basis during pharmacy hours at its drug stores in 28 states and
March 15, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Federal Trade Commission, Fred's, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger, WBA-Rite Aid deal
CDR Blog, Leading Headlines
The latest scuttlebutt on the Walgreens-Rite Aid merger: Walgreens Boots Alliance looks to be divesting even more stores and other assets to Fred’s. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported Tuesday that WBA is “nearing an agreement” to raise the number of stores to sell to Fred’s as well as include distribution centers, software and staff. No
March 13, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Danielle Barrera, Hackensack Meridian Health, RediClinic, retail health clinic, Rite Aid, Web Golinkin
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, News
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Rite Aid Corp.’s RediClinic retail health clinic subsidiary is approaching a milestone. With the grand opening of six clinics late last month — inside Rite Aid stores in Toms River (two locations), Belford, Little Egg Harbor, Neptune and Old Bridge, N.J. — RediClinic has 99 locations overall. The 100th is due
March 8, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Federal Trade Commission, Fred's, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger
CDR Blog
It has been over 14 months and two deal date extensions since the announcement of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s agreement to acquire Rite Aid Corp. Now WBA may act to push the Federal Trade Commission to come to a decision. The New York Post reported that WBA may claim that it has “certified compliance” in its
March 7, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
RediClinic, Rite Aid, slideshow, wellness ambassador, Wellness Store
Leading Headlines, Slideshows
Rite Aid has shown a deft hand in rolling out its Wellness Store format. Case in point: the Rite Aid store on Route 70 in Toms River, N.J. The store — also the site of one of the newest RediClinics — neatly blends some of the best elements of the Wellness format, which has served
March 7, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Christopher Bodine, Fred's, Fred's board, Fred's Pharmacy, Fred’s Pharmacy board of directors, Jerry Shore, John Eisenman, Michael Bloom, Michael Hayes, Peter Bocian, Rite Aid, Thomas Tashjian, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred’s Inc. has overhauled its board of directors, including the appointment of chief executive officer Michael Bloom and retail industry veterans Christopher Bodine and Peter Bocian as members. Fred’s said Tuesday that Bloom, Bodine and Bocian join the board effective immediately. Former Fred’s CEOs Jerry Shore and Michael Hayes and longtime director
February 27, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
convenient care clinics, Danielle Barrera, Hackensack Meridian Health, John Lloyd, RediClinic, retail health clinics, Rite Aid, Robert Garrett, Web Golinkin
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — RediClinic has opened six new retail health clinics inside Rite Aid drug stores in eastern New Jersey with partner Hackensack Meridian Health. The new RediClinics — in Toms River (two locations), Belford, Little Egg Harbor, Neptune and Old Bridge, N.J. — were officially launched Monday in a grand opening event in
February 27, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Federal Trade Commission, Fred’s Inc., Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger, WBA-Rite Aid deal
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) and Rite Aid Corp. have extended the end date for their merger by six months, and have indicated a willingness to sell up to 1,200 Rite Aid stores to win Federal Trade Commission approval for the deal. Originally WBA said it was willing to divest up to
February 27, 2017 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review
chain drug industry, David Pinto, Rite Aid, Rite Aid acquisition, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger, WBA-Rite Aid deal
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, Opinion
The major question in mass retailing this year, as the industry concludes the second month of 2017, is when — and indeed whether — Walgreens Boots Alliance’s acquisition of Rite Aid will be fruitfully concluded. As anyone who really cares knows by now the deadline for finalizing the Walgreens-Rite Aid merger has been extended to
February 15, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
drug abuse, Jocelyn Konrad, Rite Aid, Rite Aid pharmacies
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. is has made the opioid overdose antidote naloxone available without a prescription in six more states. The drug chain said Wednesday that more than 630 Rite Aid pharmacies in Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia now offer naloxone without a requiring a doctor’s prescription, subject to
February 6, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
drug store marketplace, Federal Trade Commission, Fred's, Rite Aid, Rite Aid stores, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger
Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred’s Inc. has amended a revolving credit facility in the event that it must acquire additional Rite Aid stores in connection with the pending Walgreens-Rite Aid merger. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Fred’s is increasing its revolving loan commitment to $225 million from $150 million. Among other
February 6, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, David Denton, Edith Ramirez, Federal Trade Commission, Fred's, Maureen Ohlhausen, Rite Aid, Stefano Pessina, Terrell McSweeny, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger
2017, Issue 02-06-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — The acquisition of Rite Aid Corp. by Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Inc. remained unconsummated after WBA’s plan to divest 865 stores failed to erase antitrust regulators’ competitive concerns. When the Friday, January 27, deadline for completing the Walgreens-Rite Aid merger deal arrived, the Federal Trade Commission still hadn’t cleared the transaction, despite the
February 6, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Dedra Castle, John Standley, Ken Black, Rite Aid
2017, Issue 02-06-2017, Issues, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has promoted Ken Black to senior vice president and chief human resources officer. He succeeds Dedra Castle, who is leaving the company for personal health reasons. “On behalf of the entire Rite Aid team, I thank Dedra for her many significant contributions to our company,” Rite Aid chairman
February 2, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
90-day maintenance medication program, Costco Wholesale Corp., Dawn Sherman, EnvisionRx, EnvisionRxOptions, Rite Aid, Rx90, Victor Curtis
Business, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
TWINSBURG, Ohio, and ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Costco Wholesale Corp. plans to offer a 90-day maintenance medication program through its pharmacies under an agreement with EnvisionRx, a pharmacy benefit management subsidiary of Rite Aid Corp. The companies said Thursday that Costco will participate in EnvisionRx’s Rx90 prescription drug program. Rx90 enables patients to fill 90-day prescriptions