Rite Aid sales heat up

Camp Hill, Pa. – The temperature wasn’t the only thing rising at Rite Aid stores during July 2015.



Same-store sales rose 2.4%, with front-end same store sales increasing 0.1%. Pharmacy same-store sales, which included an approximate 2.21% negative impact from new generic introductions, increased 3.4%.



Total drug-store sales for the four-week period increased 2.1% to $2.02 billion compared to $1.97 billion. Prescription sales accounted for 69.2% of drug-store sales, and third-party prescription sales represented 97.8% of pharmacy sales.