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Atlanta Residents Generous With 14,526 Pounds Of Food Donations At Rite Aid Health & Beauty Expo
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA (July 9, 2008) - The count is in, and the Rite Aid Health & Beauty Expo at the Cobb Galleria Centre June 7-8 netted a total of 14,526 pounds of food donations for the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Admission to the event featuring free health screenings, celebrities and health and beauty giveaways from Rite Aid suppliers was free with a non-perishable food donation to benefit the community through the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Founded in 1979, the Atlanta Community Food Bank (AC<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1051' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Completes Refinancing
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<![CDATA[Refinancing Provides Greater Flexibility to Support Business Plans   
Company Confirms Previous Sales, Same Store Sales, Adjusted EBITDA Guidance; Revises Net Loss  
 CAMP HILL, PA (July 9, 2008) - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) said today that it has completed its previously announced refinancing that includes a new $350 million senior secured term loan due 2014 and $470 million of new 10.375% senior secured notes due 2016. The company said it used the proceeds from the refinancing to fund <p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1053' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Reports 0.4 Percent Same Store Sales Decrease for June
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA, (July 3, 2008) ¾Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) today announced sales results for June. 
Beginning with the four weeks ended June 28, 2008, the acquired Brooks Eckerd stores are included in the same store sales calculation. 
Monthly Sales  
For the four weeks ended June 28, 2008, same store sales, which were negatively impacted by the Brooks Eckerd stores, decreased 0.4 percent over the prior-year period. Pharmacy same store sales decreased  0.5 percent, which included an appro<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1049' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Declares Series I Preferred Stock Dividends
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA, (July 3, 2008) - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.3438 per share on its 5.5% Series I Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the period commencing on May 1, 2008 through  July  31, 2008.  The dividend is payable on August 1, 2008 to shareholders of record as of July 15, 2008.
Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains with more than 5,000 stores in 31 states and the Distric<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1050' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Prices Offering Of Senior Secured Notes and Extends Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Its 8.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2010, 9.25% Senior Notes Due 2013 and 7.5% Senior Secured Notes Due 2015
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA, (July 1, 2008) - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today the terms of its offering of $470 million aggregate principal amount of 10.375% (12.250% yield to maturity) senior secured notes due 2016 (the "Notes"), $45 million more than previously announced, pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Offering").
Rite Aid intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering, borrowings under a new $350 <p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1045' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Announces First Quarter Results
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First Quarter Revenues Increase by 49 Percent to $6.61 Billion   
Reports First Quarter Net Loss of $.20 Per Diluted Share Compared to Net Income of $ .04 Per Diluted Share in Prior Year First Quarter   
Reports First Quarter Adjusted EBITDA of  $236.4 Million Compared to Adjusted EBITDA $192.8 Million in Prior Year First Quarter   
Confirms Fiscal  2009 Guidance   

CAMP HILL, PA (June 26, 2008)-Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced financial results for its first quarter ende<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1043' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Announces Offering Of Senior Secured Notes
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA, June 26, 2008 - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today its intention to offer $425 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2016 (the "Notes"), pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Rite Aid intends to use the net proceeds from the offering and borrowings under a new $350 million senior secured term loan (the "Tranche 3 Term Loan"), which is permitted under the accordion <p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1044' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Announces Receipt Of Requisite Consents By Consent Payment Deadline
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http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1039
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA (June 18, 2008) - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today that it has received the requisite consents relating to its 8.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (CUSIP 767754BFO) (the "2010 Notes"), 9.25% Senior Notes due 2013 (CUSIP 767754BH6) (the "2013 Notes") and 7.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (CUSIP 767754BK9) (the "2015 Notes" and, together with the 2010 Notes and 2013 Notes, the "Notes"), to execute supplemental indentures to effect certain proposed amendments to the <p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1039' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Announces Pricing Terms Of Tender Offer for Its 7.5% Senior Secured Notes Due 2015
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA (June 18, 2008) - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today the pricing terms for its previously announced offer to purchase and consent solicitation for any and all of its 7.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (CUSIP 767754BK9) (the "2015 Notes").  Rite Aid's offer to purchase the 2015 Notes is part of a broader offer to purchase and consent solicitation for any and all of its 8.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (CUSIP 767754BFO) (the "2010 Notes") and 9.25% Senior Notes due <p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1040' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Michigan Residents Can Save on More Than 10,000 Prescription Drugs With Free Rite Aid Rx Savings Card
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<![CDATA[Card Benefits Include 10% Savings on Rite Aid Brand Products, Including More than 1,500 Over-the-Counter MedicationsCamp Hill, PA (June 10, 2008)-Michigan residents can now realize significant savings on more than 10,000 prescription drugs with the free Rite Aid RX Savings Card launched June 1 across the state. The card, which requires no membership fee and is free to anyone who enrolls, also provides discounts on Rite Aid brand products, including 1,500 over-the-counter medications.
Applicatio<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1042' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid to Release First Quarter Results on June 26
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<![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA, (June 9, 2008) - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) said today that it will release financial results for its First Quarter, which ended May 31, 2008, on Thursday, June 26, 2008.  The company will hold an analyst call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (5:30 a.m. Pacific Time) with remarks by Rite Aid's management team.  The call will be broadcast via the internet and can be accessed through the websites www.riteaid.com and www.StreetEvents.com.                     
A playback of the call w<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1038' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Reports 1.3 Percent Same Store Sales Increase for May
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CAMP HILL, PA, (June 5, 2008) - Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced sales results for May. The acquired Brooks Eckerd stores are excluded from the same store sales calculation but will be included in same store sales twelve months after the close of the acquisition, which will be in June 2008. 


Total sales include all of the stores operated during the period, including stores acquired in the Brooks Eckerd acquisition on June 4, 2007. 


Monthly Sales 


For the five wee<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1037' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Announces Debt Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation
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CAMP HILL, PA, (June 4, 2008)-Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today that it has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its 8.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 CUSIP No. 767754BF0 (the "2010 notes"), 9.25% Senior Notes due 2013 CUSIP No. 767754BH6 (the "2013 notes"), and 7.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 CUSIP No. 767754BK9 (the "2015 notes" and, together with the 2010 notes and 2013 notes, the "notes").  The three series of debt securities have combined outstanding princ<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1036' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Customers Get 'The Skinny' on Skin Care Thanks to Partnership With the Skin Cancer Foundation
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Free Skin Care Guide, Skin Care Tip Book Available at All Rite Aid Stores in June, July 


Rite Aid Co-Sponsors The Skin Cancer Foundation's Road to Healthy Skin Tour, Providing Free Full-Body Skin Cancer Screenings to Public 





Camp Hill, PA (June 3, 2008) - Summer is fast approaching and protecting your skin from the sun is more important than ever.  To help customers have a safe and fun summer in the sun, Rite Aid and The Skin Cancer Foundation are partnering to raise awareness <p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1035' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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Rite Aid Customers Can Win Free Gas for a Year
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With "Fill Up & Fuel Up," Customers Transferring a Prescription to Rite Aid Receive A $30 Gift Card and Chance to Win a Year's Worth of Gas in Weekly Chainwide Drawing 


   


Camp Hill, PA (June 2, 2008) - Customers who transfer their prescriptions to Rite Aid with a qualifying coupon soon will receive a $30 gift card and have a chance to win a year's worth of free gas valued at $2,600. 


Rite Aid today announced its "Fill Up & Fuel Up" program running June 6, 2008, through Jan. 10<p><a href='http://www.riteaid.com/company/news/news_details.jsf?itemNumber=1034' title='Read more of this article'>Read more of this article</a> at Rite Aid</p>]]></description>
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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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