Rite Aid Healthy Futures announced Thursday that it has provided $3 million in grant funding to 34 children’s hospitals in 15 states, including one in central Pennsylvania, through its Connecting Communities initiative.

East Pennsboro Township-based Rite Aid confirmed on Thursday that it rejected a buyout offer from a New Orleans-based private equity firm. 

A Delaware-based type foundry and design studio has filed a suit against Rite Aid and its creative and advertising agencies, alleging that the Camp Hill pharmaceutical chain violated a license agreement with the company when it used one of its fonts as part of a $700 million rebranding campaign. 

Rite Aid Healthy Futures, the charity formerly known as The Rite Aid Foundation, announced a $10 million Strengthening Cities initiative to support healthier and more equitable neighborhoods.

Summerdale Plaza, a 141,451-square foot retail shopping center at 429 N. Enola Road, East Pennsboro Township, was acquired by Red Bank, New Jersey-based First National Realty Partners.

Rite Aid plans to shutter 63 of its stores as part of the first phase of a new store closure program, the Camp Hill-based pharmacy chain announced in its third quarter results for 2021. 

In September two major Pennsylvanian employers, Harsco Corp. and Rite Aid, announced they would be leaving their headquarters in Cumberland County to open new main offices in Philadelphia. 

Environmental solutions provider Harsco Corp. plans to relocate its Camp Hill headquarters to Philadelphia, the second large regional company to do so this week. 

Rite Aid may be moving its headquarters from Camp Hill, Cumberland County to Philadelphia but thanks to its new remote-first initiative, the pharmaceutical chain plans to expand its corporate team of 700. 

Rite Aid plans to relocate its headquarters from Camp Hill, Cumberland County to Philadelphia as part of a new focus on remote work. 

For its first fiscal quarter ending May 29, Rite Aid Corp. reported a net loss from continuing operations of $13.1 million, or $0.24 loss per share.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that it will not hear an appeal from the wife of a convicted former Rite Aid executive who sought to sue the pharmacy chain for stopping payments through her husband’s retirement package.

Following a $723,000 donation to the Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Children’s Hospital, Camp Hill-Based Rite Aid announced it has donated more than $100 million to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Rite Aid remodeled its Newberry Township, York County store to showcase a new store concept meant to bring in new target demographics.

Rite Aid recently eliminated 254 corporate office positions as it looks to reduce cost amid growing COVID-19 related expenses.