By Dan Berthiaume Source: Chain Store Age Amazon Prime members have a new fulfillment option for health and CPG items in two select markets. In an email to Chain Store Age, Amazon announced that Prime members will have two-hour delivery windows from Rite Aid stores in select ZIP codes in [...]
By Samuel Lopez Source: US Herald Rite Aid, a US-based drugstore chain, has been found to have acted in bad faith after cutting health insurance benefits for some workers without negotiating with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 8-Golden State (UFCW). The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found Rite [...]
By Ben Unglesbee Source: Retail Dive Rite Aid bought back more than $190 million of its own bonds ahead of schedule in a cash offer below their original face value, according to an announcement last week. The company, which has struggled for years under its debt load, said in an [...]
By Ben Unglesbee Source: Retail Dive Rite Aid has received — and rejected — a buyout offer from investment firm Spear Point Capital Management, the drugstore retailer confirmed in a press release Thursday. Rite Aid's board dismissed the off-market offer as not credible, determining that Spear Point "provided no evidence [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News In line with its “omni-pharmacy” vision, Rite Aid aims to shut 63 drugstores under a re-evaluation of its brick-and-mortar retail base. Rite Aid unveiled the store closure plan yesterday in reporting fiscal 2022 third-quarter results. The Camp Hill, Pa.-based drug chain said the first [...]
Source: KFI AM 640 Unionized Rite Aid workers overwhelmingly ratified a new contract being billed as one of its best labor pacts in years, union officials announced today. Rite Aid workers ratified the deal Thursday night, joining their counterparts at CVS stores, who voted in support of their similar pact [...]
By Michael Browne Source: Supermarket News Rite Aid on Friday announced the expansion of its partnership with Uber Eats to offer same-day delivery of grocery and healthcare products. On-demand delivery is now available for 2,185 Rite Aid drugstores across 17 states on Uber Eats. Customers who wish to order Rite Aid items for [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News Rite Aid is bringing Shipt same-day delivery of nonprescription products to all of its 2,100-plus stores in 17 states. Through the service, Rite Aid shoppers can order from more than 20,000 products — such as over-the-counter medicine and health care, vitamins and supplements, beauty [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News Longtime food and drug retail executive Andre Persaud has been elevated to the newly created role of chief retail officer at Rite Aid. Camp Hill, Pa.-based Rite Aid said Monday that Persaud, previously executive vice president of retail, will lead the drug chain’s retail [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News With the pandemic pulling many Americans into the online shopping realm, drugstore chains CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid are serving up more same-day delivery options. CVS on Tuesday unveiled an upgrade to its CarePass customer benefits program that gives members free same-day delivery of [...]