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CVS Polishes Off Deal to Buy Former Rite Aid Stores, Prescription Files

CVS Health transferred prescription files from 626 pharmacies and now operates 63 former Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs locations amid Rite Aid's bankruptcy and asset sales.

  • CVS Pharmacy has acquired 63 former Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as prescription files of 626 former stores in 15 states.
  • CVS has hired more than 3,500 former Rite Aid and Bartell Drug employees to increase capacity and fill open roles.
  • Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for a second time in May, leading to the closure of all its more than 1,200 stores, with the last two closing on Sept. 29.
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CVS polishes off deal to buy former Rite Aid stores, prescription files

CVS has finished buying customer prescription files from hundreds of closed Rite Aid drugstores and is now running 63 of the defunct chain’s locations.

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