Rite Aid to Close Bohemia, NY Distribution Center in May 2009

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today that it is closing its 255,000-square-foot distribution center in Bohemia, New York. Closing is expected to be in mid to late May 2009.

The sixty associates employed at the facility and local and state officials were notified of the closing pursuant to the federal and New York state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Acts. All associates will receive severance and outplacement services.

Rite Aid acquired the Bohemia facility in June, 2007 with its purchase of approximately 1,800 Brooks Eckerd stores and six distribution centers. The company said at the time of the acquisition that once all of the Brooks Eckerd stores were integrated into Rite Aid, it would look for opportunities to consolidate the distribution activities of its 14 distribution centers. The decision to close the Bohemia facility is also part of Rite Aid’s initiative to improve operational efficiency throughout the company.

The 125 stores served by the Bohemia distribution center will be served by larger Rite Aid distribution centers in Philadelphia and Rome, New York.

“We have an excellent and dedicated workforce at the distribution center in Bohemia, and they did an outstanding job during the integration of the Brooks Eckerd drugstore chain into Rite Aid,” said Wilson A. Lester, Jr., Senior Vice President, Supply Chain. “This closing has no reflection on them or the quality of their work, and we will do everything we can to assist them with finding new positions.”

Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation’s leading drugstore chains with more than 4,900 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia with fiscal 2008 annual sales of more than $24.3 billion. Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available through the company’s website at http://www.riteaid.com.