Rite Aid Corp (RADCQ)

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Rite Aid reports December SSS up 5.3%
For the four weeks ended Dec. 27, 2014, same store sales increased 5.3% over the prior-year period. December front-end same store sales increased 1.7%. Pharmacy same store sales, which included an approximate 123 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions, increased 7.3%. Prescription count at comparable stores increased 5.1% over the prior-year period. Total drugstore sales for the four-week period increased 4.9 percent to $2.212B compared to $2.109B for the same period last year. Prescription sales accounted for 64.8% of drugstore sales, and third party prescription sales represented 97.6% of pharmacy sales