December 3, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. posted a slight gain in comparable-store sales for November. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the five weeks ended Nov. 28, comp-store sales edged up 0.9% year over year, compared with a 1% same-store sales increase for October (covering a four-week period). In November, same-store sales rose 1.2%
October 1, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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CAMP HILL, Pa. — Same-store sales at Rite Aid Corp. edged up in September despite flat results in the front end. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the four weeks ended Sept. 26, comparable-store sales rose 1.5% year over year, about the same as the 1.6% comp-store gain in August. Front-end same-store sales dipped 0.1%
September 3, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. posted a slight gain in comparable-store sales for August. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the five weeks ended Aug. 29, same-store sales edged up 1.6% year over year. The increase continued the drug chain’s positive trend in comp-store sales for 2015 but was down from gains earlier
August 4, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health saw sales climb in the second quarter and posted adjusted earnings per share in line with Wall Street’s forecast, despite the impact of costs from its pending Omnicare and Target pharmacy acquisitions. CVS said Tuesday that for the three months ended June 30, total sales rose 7.4% to $37.2 billion from
April 30, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. saw comparable-store sales rise in April despite a negative impact from the timing of this year’s Easter holiday. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the four weeks ended April 25, same-store sales grew 3% year over year, continuing the drug chain’s monthly comp-store sales gains in this calendar year. For March,
April 2, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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CAMP HILL, Pa. — Gains in both the front end and pharmacy lifted same-store sales at Rite Aid Corp. in March. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the four weeks ended March 28, comparable-store sales climbed 4.3% year over year. That was up from a 3.3% comp-store sales increase in February. In the front end,