Rite Aid

  1. Channel: Drug

CVS to Open Nearly 100 Community-Focused Stores this Year, Including in Former Rite Aid Locations

A recent CVS Health survey of 2,200 consumers and more than 1,060 pharmacists and pharmacy techs reveals how highly customers value in-person pharmacy care: 80% of patients prefer it, and 48% would switch pharmacies if they were limited to digital-only options. To meet this need for face-to-face care, CVS Health plans to open nearly 100 […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Your Views:  Target

On Monday I did a FaceTime video at a brand new, days-old Target store in Norwalk, Connecticut, that I described as a dismal and depressing shopping experience – low energy, riddled with out of stocks, and reflective of “retail yesterday,” not “retail tomorrow.” Got lots of email in response. MNB reader Bob Miller wrote: Retired […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

Rite Aid To Close All Stores Following Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Here’s a Full List of Affected Locations

Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy for a second time earlier this month. Despite the store’s promise to remain open despite the filing, the retailer has announced that it will be closing all locations remaining in its inventory. Here’s a full list of affected locations. A Full List of Closing Rite Aid Locations According to Newsweek, […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

Monday Eye Openers

With brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary… •  Buyers Line Up To Acquire Rite Aid Assets From Forbes: “CVS Health, Walgreens and grocery store chains Kroger and Albertsons are among the pharmacy operators buying more than 1,000 Rite Aid pharmacy assets from stores to prescription files, the company confirmed. “It’s a going out of […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

Rite Aid sells upwards of 1K stores to CVS, Walgreens, others

​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief CVS Health is one of the largest buyers, snapping up prescription files from hundreds of stores and fully acquiring 64 locations. Published May 16, 2025 Rite Aid has agreed to sell more than 1,000 stores to rival pharmacy operators. “Rite Aid Pharmacy, Brookfield, Connecticut” by Mike Mozart is licensed under CC BY […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

Rite Aid Is Selling 1,000 Stores to Competitors, Including CVS and Walgreens

Defunct pharmacy chain Rite Aid is offloading assets, including over 1,000 stores. Seeing an opportunity, several other retailers, including longtime rivals, are lining up to buy them. So far, CVS Pharmacy is taking the lion’s share. The top drugstore chain in the country wants 625 Rite Aid pharmacies across 15 states as well as 64 […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Rite Aid blames latest bankruptcy on retail operations

​[[“value”:” This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. For its 2023 bankruptcy, which ended last fall, Rite Aid blamed macroeconomic factors and business challenges arising from the pandemic. For its 2025 bankruptcy, which commenced Monday, the drugstore chain says its front-of-store retail operations are largely at fault. In a letter […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Wednesday Eye-Openers

With brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary… •  DoorDash To Acquire Deliveroo From the New York Times: “DoorDash announced two deals worth billions of dollars on Tuesday, saying it has agreed to acquire Deliveroo, the British food delivery company, and SevenRooms, a platform used by hotels and restaurants to manage reservations and marketing. “The […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Home Depot Adds Uber Eats and DoorDash Delivery Options from 2,000+ Stores

The Home Depot has partnered with both Uber Eats and DoorDash to offer on-demand or scheduled delivery of home improvement and gardening products from its 2,000+ stores across the country. The retailer had added nationwide delivery via Instacart in May 2024. “Our stores are core to The Home Depot’s business, and expanding our ecommerce capabilities […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

SN Top 10: Rite Aid, Walgreens, California’s Northgate Markets top the week's headlines

 ​[[“value”:”In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Rite Aid closing additional stores in Chapter 11 filing. Rite Aid has added more store closings as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, reports Geo”]] 
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  1. Channel: Delivery

DoorDash adds HSA and FSA payment capability

    [[“value”:” DoorDash has enabled payment options for both HSA (Health Savings Account) and FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts) to pay for eligible items at select merchants on the delivery company’s app.  Consumers can use their HSA and FSA funds to pay for over 30,000 HSA/FSA-eligible products on DoorDash including select over-the-counter (OTC) medicine, COVID-19 […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

UNFI names Andre Persaud as president and CEO of retail

    [[“value”:” Andre Persaud has been named president and CEO of retail for United Natural Foods Inc. Persaud will be in charge of UNFI’s Cub Foods and Shoppers Food Warehouse. He has spent almost 30 years in retail and has served in senior leadership roles with major food and pharmacy companies the last two […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

SN Top 10: Dollar General, Publix, Giant Eagle top the week's headlines

    [[“value”:” In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Publix introduces 9 limited-time private label ice cream flavors. Publix has launched nine limited-time own brand ice cream flavors for the fall / winter season. Most flavors are available in quart-size cartons; however, three flavors — Peppermint […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

SN Top: Sobeys, Walmart, Walgreens top the week's headlines

    [[“value”:” In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Sobeys vegetable supplier calls it quits. A supplier of some vegetables to Sobeys stores has sold its operations, reports Canada news outlet Saltwire. Sawler Gardens’ sale with a local farmer located about a mile from its land located on […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

Rite Aid looks to close 154 stores in Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    [[“value”:” Details are starting to surface about Rite Aid’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, and it looks like the retailer plans to close 154 stores, reports Business Insider. The number was pulled from court documents. As it stands, Pennsylvania will lose the most stores (37), followed by California (28), with many others on the […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

SN Top 10: Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger top the week's headlines

    [[“value”:” In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Former FTC policy director: Kroger, Albertsons merger is facing ‘a hurricane storm’. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could be leaning towards challenging the Kroger, Albertsons merger in court, and representatives on both sides are scheduled […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

Rite Aid faces NYSE delisting amid share-price decline

    [[“value”:” Rite Aid Corp. said this week that it was in danger of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange as its stock price and market capitalization have plunged. The company said its stock, which has lost about 80% of its value since July and was trading at between about 52 and […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

SN Top 10: Rite Aid, Target, Kroger top the week's headlines

    [[“value”:”In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Rite Aid, bracing for bankruptcy, will close hundreds of stores. Rite Aid is getting ready to close hundreds of stores as it gets ready to file for bank”]] 
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