Rite Aid Bankrupt Again, Seeks to Sell All Assets

The company’s store count has fallen drastically from 4,667 outlets in 2012 to 1,240.
Rite Aid Bankrupt Again, Seeks to Sell All Assets
A Rite Aid in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Naveen Athrappully
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Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation has again filed for bankruptcy less than a year after exiting from the previous one, with the chain now looking to sell “substantially all of its assets,” the company said in a May 5 statement.

Rite Aid and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. To support Rite Aid during the sales process, the company “has secured commitments from certain of its existing lenders to access $1.94 billion in new financing,” the statement said.

Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.