Drugstore Giant Rite Aid Paints Brighter Financial Picture.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......forecast. It downgraded Rite Aid's bonds and issued a...the Moody's downgrade, Rite Aid said it had enough money...this year and next. Rite Aid expects to report fourth-quart...There's no question that Rite Aid needs to generate more...stores, Bosshard said. Rite ...

GRASS LEAVES A MIXED LEGACY AT RITE AID.

WWD;  October 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK -- After taking the reins of Rite Aid Corp. from his father, Alex, in 1995...downward for the last three fiscal years. Rite Aid, which operates 3,800 stores, is also...mass market beauty executives. After all, Rite Aid has emerged over the past four years as...

Rite Aid acquires Brooks stores

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  June 5, 2007 ;     585 words ...Rite Aid Corp. announced Monday that it has acquired...Coast and the third- largest in the nation. Rite Aid followed up on its August announcement...billion in cash and stock. In the end, Rite Aid acquired 1,854 Brooks and Eckerd stores...

RITE AID BOLSTERS ITS COMPETITIVE STANDING.(Brooks-Eckerd acquisition)

WWD;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Faye Brookman NEW YORK - Rite Aid's plan to buy Brooks-Eckerd will have a trickle-down impact on the beauty industry. Rite Aid, the nation's third largest drugstore...addition of the 1,858 stores elevates Rite Aid to some 5,000 doors and $27 billion in...

Pennsylvania-Based Rite Aid Stock Drops after Negative Reports, Lawsuit.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 24 -- Rite Aid Corp. stock dropped 14.3 percent Thursday...lawsuit claims East Pennsboro Twp.-based Rite Aid had overcharged uninsured customers in...Nov. 22, 1996, according to the suit. Rite Aid, which operated about 34 drugstores in...

Merger with Revco Would Double Size of Rite Aid Corp.(Originated from The...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Dec. 1--Rite Aid Corp. confirmed yesterday that it plans...billion in cash and stock, strengthening Rite Aid's position as the nation's largest drugstore...the size of East Pennsboro Twp.- based Rite Aid. The chain's closest competitor, Walgreen...

Rite Aid to Buy Thrifty Chain for $2.3 Billion.(Originated from The...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 15, 1996 ;     604 words ...Oct. 14--Rite Aid Corp. said it will buy Thrifty PayLess Holdings...Coast. Thrifty shareholders will get 0.65 of a Rite Aid share for each they hold, for a total of $1.4 billion. Rite Aid will also assume $890 million in debt. The purchase...

Rite Aid to Buy Revco.(Originated from The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 30, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Dec. 1--Rite Aid Corp., the nation's biggest drugstore...colossus after its buyout of Revco D.S. Inc. Rite Aid, based in Camp Hill, Pa., announced plans...company, which would operate under the Rite Aid banner, would have more than $11 billion...

Hope, skepticism do battle at Rite Aid annual meeting

Charleston Gazette;  June 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ...HARRISBURG, Pa. - Rite Aid Corp. shareholders attended their annual...conspiracy allegedly perpetuated by Rite Aid's previous managers, which forced an...Ziober, 60, a Camp Hill neighbor of Rite Aid who owns 4,000 shares of its stock...

Rite Aid Offers to Sell 10 Pennsylvania Stores.(Originated from The...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 23, 1996 ;     618 words ...Apr. 23--Rite Aid Corp. has resolved the state's antitrust...Revco D.S. Inc. East Pennsboro Twp.-based Rite Aid agreed yesterday to sell 10 drugstores...pharmacy services. The agreement still leaves Rite Aid with major hurdles to clear before its...

New day dawns at Rite Aid.(News)

Chain Drug Review;  September 1, 2008 ;     696 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BALTIMORE -- Rite Aid Corp. convened its annual trade show here...Baltimore that there's a new game in town, the Rite Aid trade show did the trick. Highlights...attention and imagination of the 5,300 Rite Aid associates who traveled to Baltimore...

RITE AID TO ACQUIRE PAYLESS DRUG CHAIN.(Business)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 15, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Rite Aid Corp. said it will buy Thrifty PayLess Holdings Inc. for $2.3 billion in stock and assumed debt, giving Rite Aid the biggest drugstore chain on the West Coast. Rite Aid, the nation's largest drugstore chain, will pay $1.4...

Rite Aid to buy 2 major drugstores

Charleston Gazette;  August 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ...HARRISBURG, Pa. - Rite Aid Corp., one of the most visible drugstore...about 1,800 Eckerd and Brooks stores, Rite Aid's first major acquisition since a turnaround...Coutu Group Inc. is designed to help Rite Aid keep pace with its bigger rivals, Walgreen...

Rite Aid Engages in Discussion of 'Possible' Deals.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 25, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 26 -- Rite Aid Corp., which has been struggling with...Pennsboro Twp.-based drugstore chain, said Rite Aid had no comment other than what's in the...with Lehman Brothers, speculated that Rite Aid may be in talks to sell some of its West...

Rite Aid to buy out competitor

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 25, 2006 ;     672 words ...HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corp., one of the most visible drugstore...about 1,800 Eckerd and Brooks stores, Rite Aid's first major acquisition since a turnaround...Coutu Group Inc. is designed to help Rite Aid keep pace with its bigger rivals, Walgreen...