All posts in Volume 32 / May 2012
Rite Aid Enters Fiscal 2013 With Positive Momentum
Rite Aid enters its new fiscal year with positive momentum after growing same store sales and Adjusted EBITDA for five consecutive quarters and delivering on key sales initiatives such as …
Rite Aid Foundation Golf Classic Expected To Raise Nearly $2 Million For Charity
More than 650 suppliers and Rite Aid associates took to the links for the 11th annual Rite Aid Foundation Charity Golf Classic, which is on target to raise nearly $2 …
Q&A with Bill Bergin, Group Vice President of Health, Beauty and Rite Aid Brand
Bill Bergin is a 34-year veteran of the drug store industry who joined Rite Aid’s Category Management team in 1999. He served as a vice president for 10 years before …
Meet The Team: Thomas BeCude, Category Manager of Seasonal and Garden
The tag line in Thomas BeCude’s email signature reads “My job is to drive sales. How can you help me do my job?” It’s a straight forward question — directed …
Solid CMN Hospitals Miracle Balloon Campaign Comes To A Close
Rite Aid Introduces Platforms for Donating via Text Message and Facebook Rite Aid’s 2012 goal to raise $5 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals appears well within reach. The company’s …
Business Integrity Important for Rite Aid and Suppliers
In today’s business environment, it’s important to acknowledge that the highest level of ethics, honor and respect for others governs the way Rite Aid does business and that those who …
Supplier Advisory Board Meeting Update
Rite Aid’s category management team and supplier partners gathered in Las Vegas, Nev. on March 27 for the bi-annual Supplier Advisory Board (SAB) meeting. The meeting’s theme, “Service, Growth and …
Items & Merchandising Testing Now Available In Rite Aid Stores
Rite Aid invites its suppliers to become “Partners In Innovation” through a program that provides a process to test an item, product line, merchandising concept, new program or entire new …
Rite Aid Leveraging Technology To Enhance The Customer Experience
Whether it’s a new app for smartphones, value-based promotions to engage Facebook fans or text messages alerting patients that their prescription is ready, Rite Aid continues to leverage popular and …
APhA Names Rite Aid Immunization Champion
Rite Aid’s comprehensive pharmacy vaccination program, which targets more than a dozen diseases including flu, has earned the company the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 2011-12 Immunization Champion award in the …
Immunizations: A Year-Round Focus At Rite Aid
Flu season may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean that Rite Aid is hibernating when it comes to immunizations. On the heels of a highly successful flu shot …