Rite Aid June Same Store Sales Rise 3.9% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Rite Aid Corp.(RAD) reported that its same store sales for the four weeks ended June 28, 2014 increased 3.9 percent over the prior-year period. June front-end same store sales increased 0.9 percent.

Monthly Pharmacy same store sales, which included an approximate 169 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions, increased 5.4 percent. Prescription count at comparable stores increased 3.5 percent over the prior-year period.

Total drugstore sales for the four-week period increased 3.5 percent to $1.995 billion compared to $1.927 billion for the same period last year. Prescription sales accounted for 68.4 percent of drugstore sales, and third party prescription sales represented 97.5 percent of pharmacy sales.