Rite Aid February Same-Store Sales Up 3.3% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) Thursday said that for the five weeks ended February 28, 2015, same store sales increased 3.3 percent over the prior-year period.

February front-end same store sales increased 1.6 percent. Pharmacy same store sales, which included an approximate 144 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions, increased 4.1 percent. Prescription count at comparable stores increased 2.2 percent over the prior-year period.

Total drugstore sales for the five-week period increased 1.7 percent to $2.56 billion from $2.51 billion for the same period last year. 

Prescription sales accounted for 69.2 percent of drugstore sales, and third party prescription sales represented 97.6 percent of pharmacy sales.