Rite Aid

[d_fife]

rite aid is on congress st.

[d_fife]

this rite aid is on congress st near the waterfront in portland maine.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
this rite aid is on congress st near the waterfront in portland maine.

this is the rite aid sign for the rite aid on congress st near the waterfront in portland.

[d_fife]

this rite aid is in south portland maine on rt. 1

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
this rite aid is in south portland maine on rt. 1

this is the rite aid in south portland maine on rt. 1. this is identical to the one in westbrook maine in downtown.

[store215]

d_fife, I don't mean to be rude, but many of your pictures are awful and you really can't see anything in them. Could you please not post them because they only slow down the board.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by MBZ321
d_fife, I don't mean to be rude, but many of your pictures are awful and you really can't see anything in them. Could you please not post them because they only slow down the board.

i'm sorry, during some of those times I was in a rush when I took them. I do not mean for them to be awful. please do not say that.

back to rite aid discussion

Did you know that in 1994 Rite aid bought out laverdiere's in 1994 and that chain was in new hampshire and maine and most of the old laverdiere's got relocated to bigger Rite Aid stores. berlin had both. I have a rite aid in my town last than a mile from my house!

rite aid sold ones in laconia and manchester to osco drug which became brooks.

this is the one in gardiner maine. it is  behind hannaford the building east of GUlf.

[BillyGr]

This is an older Rite Aid in a strip plaza in Schodack (surrounded by a vacant Grand Union to the right and a former Aubachon Hardware, later Hallmark to the left).

The sign is similar to others in the plaza (most are blue & white of some sort) which is why it doesn't look like other RIte Aid signs.

[ameskmart1]

Store Closing

[d_fife]

Originally posted by ameskmart1
Store Closing

where is this one?

The rite aid in merideth nh closed last june for some reason.

[ameskmart1]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by ameskmart1
Store Closing

where is this one?

The rite aid in merideth nh closed last june for some reason.

It's located in Middletown, Ohio

[BillyGr]

A couple of the newer stores (I could have just used the same photo twice).

The second one is a bit fuzzy.

[d_fife]

here is the rite aid in bridgewater nj in the somerset shoppoing cneter

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1141427458&subNum=10215001342

[store215]

Here's a picture of a Rite Aid that looks like it was orginally a CVS or it was supposed to be a CVS.

Compare:

[d_fife]

Originally posted by MBZ321
Here's a picture of a Rite Aid that looks like it was orginally a CVS or it was supposed to be a CVS.

Compare:

it probably was a CVS. but why would Cvs close a perfectly good store!

Rite aid haed moved ot of shopping centers to freestanding stores.

[BillyGr]

Or, in Colonie you have a GoodAid (or is that a RiteWill) ;)?  A Rite Aid was under construction at the corner of Fuller Road & Central Avenue when the company had one of their "cash problems" and they decided not to finish it.  It sat for a year or so then ws (fianlly) opened as a Goodwill.  Looks just like any of the Blue style Rite Aids posted, with the diamond windows.

[XISMZERO]

There's a very old Rite Aid location in Plainville, Connecticut. It was an independent store called "Appell's" back before Rite Aid took over the building in the early 90's. Any Connecticut natives lucky enough to remember it knows that the building is completely unchanged -- looking just as 60s/70s as it did when it was first built. Of course, most of Plainville still sports that 1970's working class, medium-income look.

The inside of the building is still very outdated but the stuff Appell's once sold is no more -- and they used to sell some cool and unique stuff independent stores are well known for.

I'll get a picture of it as I'm either walking around there or eating at the nearby Subway a few times a week. It's a groovy building!

[df559]

Originally posted by MBZ321
d_fife, I don't mean to be rude, but many of your pictures are awful and you really can't see anything in them. Could you please not post them because they only slow down the board.

I don't see anything wrong with someone wanting to contribute to the board. If you must criticize, at least offer constrictive criticsizm. I think the pictures could be improved if the car window was rolled down, eliminating the reflection. Also, in some cases using the setting without the flash will get you a better picture. If something is that far away the flash really won't make much difference anyway.

[BillyGr]

All right:
The 1st & 2nd photos are the Rite Aid in Pughkeepsie (downtown) - this building used to be a Grand Union and is now split (as you see in the 2nd shot, part of it is a furniture store also).  I'd guess that the tower might have been added when the store was split (doesn't seem like a Grand Union item).
The 3rd shot is the (former) Rite Aid in Poughkeepsie - right across the street from the current one - this is a familiar Rite Aid design - it is now a latin supermarket (so [part of] the supermarket became Rite Aid and the Rite Aid became a supermarket!).
The 4th shot is the Rite Aid in Schaghticoke, NY (Rensselaer County - home of the county fair).  It is in a plaza with a former Grand Union  and several smaller stores.  This also looks like a place where the GU may have been smaller at one time and built new next door, with the RA filling the smaller space (not sure, but it seems like a good possibility).
The 5th shot is the store in West Sand Lake, NY - in a building (or small plaza) with Key Bank and Millers (Shop n Save).
Last photo is the Bennington, VT location - in the plaza with Hannaford and a couple small stores - it moved here from across the road next to the old Price CHopper & Ames (now Home Depot).

[BillyGr]

The first shot is the Kingston store (corner of Route 9W & 32).  The 2nd is on Western Avenue in Guilderland (just below 155).  Other than a slight difference in the signs, they could be two different angles of the same building.

The 3rd is the "almost" Rite Aid at Central & Fuller in Colonie - they had it built and were about ready to start finishing the inside when the company hit one of their "money troubles" - so they cancelled it and it sat unfinished for a year or more before Goodwill decided to move in.  This may be one of (very few) stores where Goodwill can say they are the 1st tenant!

4th is a store on Central Ave in Albany (just above the intersection with Clinton) - a newly built store on the site of a former First American bank and a house or two.

Last is the Hoosick Falls store - this is an older store, and as you can see the building sits right on the sidewalk.  They also have a back door (with a fairly narrow, sloping hallway) that leads to a parking area.  No drive thru.

[d_fife]

here is the rite aid in wilmington vermont

[BillyGr]

This is the Oneonta store, located on Route 7/23 in what is called the "West End".

Nothing particularly special about this one.

[d_fife]

here is the rite aid in bennington vermont. Notice that iit is still in a plaza with different rite aid lettering and I wonder if it will relocate like most haved.

[powersbt]

Where?? It was hard enough trying to find the Hannaford in the other thread.

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the rite aid in bennington vermont. Notice that iit is still in a plaza with different rite aid lettering and I wonder if it will relocate like most haved.

[BillyGr]

Originally posted by powersbt
Where?? It was hard enough trying to find the Hannaford in the other thread.

It's the red lettering just to the right of the light pole in the photo.

An update - this store is going out of business (as of 4/17) - I might have guessed as they had relocated pharmacy customers a bit before that to the CVS in town - it appears to be just a closing, as no other info was listed about a relocation.

[XISMZERO]

Here's a former Appell's Drug Store in Downtown Plainville, Connecticut. This was converted into a Rite-Aid Pharmacy in the early 90's but amazingly still operates out of the original building I remember as a kid and probably before that sometime in the late 60's early 70's.

[d_fife]

rite aid in carmel ny

[beachgal26]

I wish that we no longer had Rite Aids in this area at all.  I find them to be extremely over-priced and the employees do not seem to be friendly or willing to help you find anything.  Sure wish that we could get CVS in the Memphis area as I have had great experiences while visiting in MD.

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[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by d_fife
rite aid in carmel ny

hey i dident know u went there also did u get any pics of teh ames??

[store215]

Originally posted by beachgal26
I wish that we no longer had Rite Aids in this area at all.  I find them to be extremely over-priced and the employees do not seem to be friendly or willing to help you find anything.  Sure wish that we could get CVS in the Memphis area as I have had great experiences while visiting in MD.

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If you think Rite Aid is overpriced, just wait until you see CVS' prices, plus the dumb tracking card you have to use :insane: