Rite Aid sales up in September

Camp Hill, Pa. -- Rite Aid reported a 1.3% increase in same-store sales in September.



Total drugstore sales for the 30 weeks ended September 24, 2011 increased 0.9% to $14.535 billion, from $14.407 billion in last year’s like period. Prescription sales accounted for 68.4% of total drugstore sales, and third-party prescription sales was 96.4% of pharmacy sales.