CORRECTING and REPLACING Rite Aid Starts Reopening Gulf Coast Stores After Hurricane...

CORRECTING and REPLACING Rite Aid Starts Reopening Gulf Coast Stores After Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav Evacuees Can Fill Prescriptions at Any Open Rite
Aid Store in Any State with Rite Aid's National Pharmacy Network

Rite Aid Foundation Donates $75,000 to Aid Victims of Hurricane
Gustav Through the American Red Cross

Rite Aid Stores Stock Up with Emergency Supplies to Help Residents
Get Ready for Hurricane Hanna
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RITE AID STARTS REOPENING GULF COAST STORES AFTER HURRICANE GUSTAV

Hurricane Gustav Evacuees Can Fill Prescriptions at Any Open Rite
Aid Store in Any State with Rite Aid's National Pharmacy Network

Rite Aid Foundation Donates $75,000 to Aid Victims of Hurricane
Gustav Through the American Red Cross

Rite Aid Stores Stock Up with Emergency Supplies to Help Residents
Get Ready for Hurricane Hanna

Rite Aid said today it is starting to reopen Gulf Coast stores
impacted by Hurricane Gustav evacuations in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama. The company said it would work to open other Rite Aid stores
temporarily closed as soon as possible. Stores may be closed because
of local government mandatory evacuation.

A list of the 13 stores that have reopened follows. Some are open
in the front end only; others are fully open, including the pharmacy.
Customers and patients should check how much of an individual store is
open. As some stores fall under local government curfews, customers
should also check with the individual store for current operating
hours. Store location information is available by calling
1-800-RITEAID (1-800-748-3243) and pressing "0" or by visiting
www.riteaid.com. The Web site features a daily updated listing of open
and closed Rite Aid stores in the hurricane-affected areas.

Rite Aid store #7183, 2912 Dauphin Island, Parkway, Mobile, AL
(Store and pharmacy are open)

Rite Aid store #7301, 2016 N. Parkerson Avenue, Crowley, LA (Store
and pharmacy are open, 5 p.m. curfew)

Rite Aid store #7342, 219 McArthur Road, Alexandria, LA (Store and
pharmacy are open)

Rite Aid store #7298, 4510 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette,
LA (Store and pharmacy open, 3 p.m. curfew)

Rite Aid store #7296, 4710 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA (Store
and pharmacy open, 6 p.m. curfew)

Rite Aid store #7238, 800 Metairie Road, Suite D, Metairie, LA
(Store and pharmacy are open)

Rite Aid store #7226, 4031 Popps Ferry Road Suite A, Diberville,
MS (Store and pharmacy are open)

Rite Aid store #7223, 11279 Highway 49, Gulfport, MS (Store and
pharmacy are open)

Rite Aid store #7227, 200 West Railroad Street, Suite B, Long
Beach, MS (Store open, pharmacy closed)

Rite Aid store #7228, 3082 Bienville Boulevard, Ocean Springs, MS
(Store open, pharmacy closed)

Rite Aid store #7222, 416 Memorial Boulevard, Picayune, MS (Store
open, pharmacy closed)

Rite Aid store #7381, 403 Highway 90, Waveland, MS (Store open,
pharmacy closed)

Rite Aid store #7231, 1703 Delaware Avenue, McComb, MS (Store and
pharmacy open, 6 p.m. curfew)

Rite Aid will open other stores as soon as possible. Tractor
trailer trucks loaded with extra supplies are waiting outside affected
areas for safe delivery and to determine most immediate need. Extra
generators and diesel fuel to run them also are waiting to be
delivered as stores can open in areas without power. Hundreds of Rite
Aid associates from other areas including pharmacists are on standby
to assist with the expected demand. Assessments will be made for
mobile units and additional storefronts that may be used when the full
effect of the storm is known. The company is ready to take the same
steps for Tropical Storm Hanna as it did with Hurricane Gustav.

Residents displaced by the Hurricane can visit any open Rite Aid
in any city in any state for their prescriptions because the company's
satellite-linked computer network assures a complete customer
prescription history at any Rite Aid store. Because of the state of
emergency, Rite Aid pharmacies also can access prescription
information for patients who do not normally get their prescriptions
at Rite Aid.

Rite Aid Makes $75,000 Donation to The American Red Cross

Rite Aid also has made a $75,000 donation to The American Red
Cross to help the victims, families and communities affected by
Hurricane Gustav and is working with The American Red Cross to assess
specific needs for other donations of supplies.

"Our hearts go out to the victims, families and communities
affected by Hurricane Gustav. I am also very appreciative of all our
pharmacists and other associates that have worked so hard to keep our
stores open and will be reopening stores as soon as that can be done
safely," said Mary Sammons, Rite Aid chairman, president and CEO. "We
are hoping that our donation to The American Red Cross can help make
it just a little easier for those who have been impacted the most."

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) is one of the nation's leading
drugstore chains with approximately 5,000 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.

Rite Aid Corporation
Cheryl Slavinsky, 717-731-6566

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