Rite Aid Sept. Same-Store Sales Climb 1.9% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Retail drugstore chain operator Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) reported a 1.9 percent year-over-year increase in September same-store sales, while front-end same-store sales slid by 0.5 percent. Monthly pharmacy same-store sales, including an approximate 100 basis points negative impact from new generic launches, rose by 3.1 percent. Prescription count at comparable stores went up 0.9 percent over last year.

For the four-week period, total drugstore sales advanced by 1.9 percent to $1.935 billion, from $1.9 billion reported a year back. Prescription sales accounted for 68.7 percent of drugstore sales, and third party prescription sales represented 97.1 percent of pharmacy sales, the company added.