Rite Aid
Executive Summary
Prices for 200 most frequently filled prescriptions are being cut for cash-paying customers at all of the drug chain's 3,600 stores "to be more in line with local competition," the company said June 21. The company began testing the lower prices in some markets in October (1"The Pink Sheet" Oct. 16, p. 17). Promos include national radio ads in June and July
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