August 1, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
John Standley, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Wellness Store
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has provided a more detailed picture of its store base after the expected closing of its deal to sell nearly half its stores to Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Rite Aid said it would have 2,336 stores following the sale
July 3, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Bryan Everett, Eric Papenfuse, Rite Aid, Strawberry Square, Wellness Store
2017, Issue 07-03-2017, Issues, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. last month celebrated the grand reopening of its 14,000-square-foot Market Street store inside Strawberry Square, a 1 million-square-foot, mixed-use complex in the heart of downtown Harrisburg, Pa. Mayor Eric Papenfuse joined Rite Aid executive vice president of store operations Bryan Everett and other company and community officials at
April 25, 2017 by Laurie Rains and Chain Drug Review
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Opinion
Across the retail space, there’s certainly no shortage of channels to help shoppers meet their health and wellness needs. While Nielsen data shows that spend per trip by drug store consumers is up slightly, the number of trips is declining. As more retailers ramp up their health and wellness offerings, and the lines between the
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
December 5, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
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Videos
The pending acquisition of Rite Aid Corp. by Walgreens Boots Alliance hasn’t interrupted the Camp Hill, Pa.-based drug chain’s rollout of its innovative Wellness Store format. About 49% of Rite Aid’s store base now has the Wellness concept in some way, shape or form. As of the company’s most recently reported quarter (fiscal 2017 second
November 9, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
EnvisionRx, Frank Vitrano, Health Dialog, John Standley, Ken Martindale, Plenti, RediClinic, Rite Aid, wellness ambassador, Wellness Store, wellness+
2015, Business, Issue 11-09-2015, Issues, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — It’s been an impressive journey for Rite Aid Corp. Not long ago, Rite Aid was a struggling drug chain, laden with debt and unable to keep pace with larger, fast-growing competitors. But today, under a firmer financial footing, the $26.5 billion company stands as a profitable, innovative industry leader, widening its
October 27, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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Slideshows
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Opened earlier this year, Rite Aid’s spacious store on Jonestown Road in Harrisburg, Pa., represents one of the latest prototypes of the retailer’s successful “Wellness Store” format. The suburban corner location, situated at 4999 Jonestown Rd. just a few miles outside downtown Harrisburg, incorporates many of the innovations (plus a few twists)
October 26, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
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2015, Issue 10-26-2015, Issues, News
BALTIMORE — Rite Aid Corp. this month celebrated the grand reopening of a store destroyed in the Baltimore riots earlier this year. Executive vice president of operations Bryan Everett was joined by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.), Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and other city, state and community officials at a ribbon cutting marking the reopening
October 20, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Baltimore, Bryan Everett, Rite Aid, Rite Aid Foundation, Wellness Store
Leading Headlines, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. is holding a ribbon-cutting event to mark the reopening of its store in Baltimore that was heavily damaged during the city’s riots in April. On Tuesday afternoon, Rite Aid executive vice president of operations Bryan Everett is slated to be joined by U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.),
August 22, 2015 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
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2015, Issue 08-24-2015, Issues, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Reflecting Rite Aid Corp.’s expanded organization and breadth of health care services, Ken Martindale has been promoted to a new position, chief executive officer of Rite Aid Stores. At the time of the promotion he was president and chief operating officer. He retains the role of president and continues to report
June 19, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Ken Martindale, medication synchronization, OneTripRefills, RediClinic, Rite Aid, Wellness Store
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid is continuing to enhance its appeal as a retail health care destination, most recently through the introduction of the OneTripRefills medication synchronization service. Launched during the drug chain’s fiscal first quarter, OneTripRefills enables patients who enroll to receive all of their monthly maintenance medications in a single trip to
June 18, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. saw sales edge up and earnings decline for its fiscal 2016 first quarter, and the company for the first time gave full-year guidance that includes its pending acquisition of pharmacy benefit manager EnvisionRx. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the first quarter ended May 30, net income totaled
April 6, 2015 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Harrisburg, Rite Aid, Wellness Store
2015, Issue 04-06-2015, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has opened its first newly built store since 2010 in Harrisburg, Pa., not far from the company’s headquarters here. The 14,500-square-foot store features the chain’s wellness store format: Customers entering the store see a wooden path that leads to the pharmacy department. As at other of the chain’s
March 10, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
John Standley, Ken Martindale, Lou Barletta, Rite Aid, Wellness Store
Business, Leading Headlines, News, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — In another sign of its financial turnaround, Rite Aid Corp. has opened its first newly built store since 2010. Rite Aid on Tuesday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new 14,500-square-foot store, located at 4999 Jonestown Rd. in Harrisburg, Pa., not far from the company’s headquarters in Camp Hill, Pa. U.S.