Thursday, June 7, 2007

Rite Aid May same-store sales up 1.7 percent

(Reuters) - Total drugstore sales for the five weeks ended June 2 rose 2.2 percent to $1.72 billion. Pharmacy same-store sales rose 1.9 percent and same-store sales of general merchandise such as food, snacks and cosmetics were up 1.4 percent.



Rite Aid, based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, bought the U.S. Eckerd and Brooks chains from Canada's Jean Coutu Group Inc. on June 4. Those stores were not included in the company's May sales results.


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