@zennuts Initially Walgreens wanted to buy RA. FTC shot that down. So then Wags bought most of the RA stores. The transition of the purchased RA stores to Wags stores began in November 2017.**
The remaining RA stores, those not sold to Walgreen’s were just sold to Albertsons.
** Transition began in my Rite Aid stores on Jan. 30, 2018. Effective that date the pharmacy officially became a Walgreen’s while the front of store still says Rite Aid. The employees are now all Walgreen’s employees. They had to re-apply for their jobs, they have new benefits, etc. The top of my Rite Aid receipt shows the RA logo. Underneath where the store location is listed it now says “Walgreens dba Rite Aid Store #1234”. That’s the most obvious change. The complete transition including front of store appearance is supposed to take more than a year.
Most customers don’t notice a difference. For me the biggest difference is that my receipts no longer automatically report to SavingStar. I have to manually submit receipts to get credit. For purchases where I want a double dip I purchase in a non-Walgreens owned Rite Aid.
