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*DISCONTINUED RITE-AID SERVICE*
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*PUBLIC COMPANY*
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*’rite aid corporation’ is a ‘drugstore chain’ in the ‘united states’ and a ‘fortune 500’ company*
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(it is headquartered in (‘camp hill’ / ‘east pennsboro township’ / ‘cumberland county’/ ‘pennsylvania’ (near ‘harrisburg’))
(‘rite aid’ is the ‘largest drugstore chain’ on the ‘east coast’ and the ‘third largest’ in the ‘united states’)
(‘rite-aid’ opened in ‘1962’, opening its first store in ‘scranton’ (‘pennsylvania’); it was called “thrift d discount center”)
(after several years of growth, ‘rite aid’ adopted its current name and debuted as a ‘public company’ in ‘1968’)
(as of 2017, ‘rite aid’ is publicly traded on the ‘new york stock exchange’ under the symbol “RAD”)
(its major competitors are ‘CVS’ and ‘walgreens’)
(in ‘late 2015’, ‘walgreens’ announced that it would acquire ‘rite aid’ for $9.4 billion pending approval)
(however, on ’29 june 2017′, over fear of ‘anti-trust regulations’, ‘walgreens boots alliance’ announced it would buy roughly half of rite aid’s stores for $5.18 billion)
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(on ’19 september 2017′, the ‘federal trade commission’ (FTC) approved a 4th deal agreement to purchase ‘rite aid’ with 1,932 stores for ‘$4.38 billion total’)
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