All posts in Volume 41 / September 2015
Rite Aid Now Accepts Mobile Payments
Rite Aid customers throughout the country are now experiencing the convenience of making mobile payments at the register in all of the company’s nearly 4,600 stores. Rite Aid began accepting …
Ken Martindale Assumes Newly Created Position of CEO of Rite Aid Stores
Rite Aid recently announced that Ken Martindale, previously president and chief operating officer, has been promoted to the newly created position of CEO of Rite Aid stores. Martindale will continue …
Wellness+ with Plenti Offers Supplier Partners Enhanced Opportunities to Engage Members
Thanks, in part, to the overwhelming support received from Rite Aid supplier partners—almost all of whom have committed to participate—Rite Aid’s revolutionary wellness+ with Plenti loyalty program has gotten off …
Integrated Marketing Campaign Helps Launch wellness+ with Plenti
In addition to being prominently featured in the Plenti coalition’s nationwide marketing campaign, Rite Aid recently launched an integrated marketing campaign to support its transition to wellness+ with Plenti. The …
Rite Aid Encourages Customers to ‘Get Your Flu Shot Today’
Rite Aid’s year-round focus on building its flu shot business culminates each year in a multi-month effort to raise additional awareness and protect as many patients from the flu as …
EnvisionRx Acquisition Begins New Era for Rite Aid’s Pharmacy Business
In a move that will significantly advance Rite Aid’s efforts to grow as a retail healthcare company, Rite Aid completed the acquisition of Envision Pharmaceutical Services (“EnvisionRx”), a leading, full-service …
Rite Aid RediClinics Now Open in Seattle
After successful launches in the greater Philadelphia and Baltimore/Washington, D.C. areas, Rite Aid RediClinics are now available to customers at select stores in Seattle thanks to a new partnership with …
Rite Aid and HealthSpot Bring Innovative Telemedicine Stations to Select Rite Aid Pharmacies in Ohio
Rite Aid and HealthSpot, a pioneer in patient and provider driven healthcare technology, recently announced the opening of HealthSpot stations inside 25 Rite Aid pharmacies in Ohio. Through the HealthSpot …
Getting to Know: Rite Aid Category Manager Cathy Furtado
Cathy Furtado is devoted to helping Rite Aid customers stay healthy, happy and beautiful. As category manager for skin care, bath, deodorant, sun care and apparel, she is an enthusiastic …
‘Retail Evolution’ Focus of Upcoming Rite Aid Annual Supplier Conference
Over a thousand supplier partners will join key members of Rite Aid’s executive and category management teams at Rite Aid’s Annual Supplier Conference to be held September 28-30 at the Hershey …
Rite Aid Strengthens Community Relationships at NAACP Convention
The Rite Aid shield was seen far and wide throughout the 106th Annual NAACP Convention in Philadelphia as associates built new relationships in the community and showcased convenient healthcare services like …
Rite Aid Supplier Partners Help Raise Big Bucks for Local Children’s Hospital at Corporate Golf Outing
Rite Aid’s annual Corporate Golf Outing for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals continues to be a growing success. At this year’s 13th annual event, a total of 256 golfers took to …
Folds of Honor Named KidCents Partner, Receives $1.3 Million Donation
Since launching in 2013, The Rite Aid Foundation’s KidCents program has created many special moments for the communities Rite Aid serves. On Memorial Day, the ongoing support provided by Rite …
Supplier Advisory Board Meets in Las Vegas
Rite Aid’s category management team and Supplier Advisory Board members gathered in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 31 for the bi-annual Supplier Advisory Board (SAB) meeting. Tony Montini, Rite Aid …
