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Rite Aid reportedly to buy Rx files from A&P

August 22, 2015 by Chain Drug Review A&P, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., pharmacies, prescription files, Rite Aid Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News

NEW YORK — Rite Aid Corp. reportedly is looking to buy prescription files and inventory from in-store pharmacies operated the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., which last month filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Published reports said that, according to a filing by A&P with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, N.Y., Rite

A&P’s demise holds lesson for all retailers

August 10, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review A&P, Amazon, CVS, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Jeffrey Woldt, mass market retailing, retail business, Walgreens, Walmart 2015, Issue 08-10-2015, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. has, for the second time in five years, entered Chapter 11, a return that likely presages the death of one of the legendary names in the history of mass market retailing. The decision to seek bankruptcy protection one Sunday last month marked the end of the latest effort