CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — Drugstore operator Rite Aid Corp. said Wednesday that its sales improved in August on greater sales of non-pharmacy items like food, magazines, and cosmetics.
Rite Aid said its revenue from stores open at least a year rose 0.4 percent. Sales at stores open at least a year is considered an important measurement of retailer performance because it excludes results from stores that opened or closed in the last year.
Rite Aid said pharmacy revenue at those stores fell 0.6 percent in August, and "front-end" sales of food and other items rose 2.4 percent. The company said prescriptions increased 4.5 percent at those stores.
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