Rite Aid

If you hunt around, you can find some things that aren’t normally in other stores, and at a good price. Store is smaller, so you don’t have to walk all over the damn place, looking for something. Never found the clerks, to helpful, but didn’t seem that much different than CVS, Walgreens, or the old days of Longs Drugstores. They do seem to have an issue, where the ice cream counter is not always working. Not sure if they run out of product, or no knows how to make an ice cream cone, on some shifts. Fills a niche, I am still a customer, although, I don’t hardly do any of my business with the pharmacy, thank you Kaiser Pharmacy in Pleasanton.

Wife brought me here for a hand scooped ice cream cone like they used to do at drug stores. Nice this store still does this. Also one of the nicest Rite Aids I’ve been to.

First time here, nice store filled with plenty of Goodies. Looks like they are having a sale in most of the isles. Nice place to stop by before going to the movies. Very empty in the store seems like all there workers are at the cash register, I asked about a certain product being in stock, she replied come back tomorrow to find out lol.

Great drugs. Great atmosphere. Great times. #RiteAid

this Rite Aid is unique. they carry a lot of items not normally found in drug stores,
–high end wines ($ 35-&50), artisan liquor (vodka, etc.)
–vegetable. fruit seeds.
–kitchen, household accessories, utensils.
buys: «naked grape» pinot grigio, 4.99, rang up 7.99
–price check confimed i was right.
there’s a price guaranteed posted. didn’t read the bottom. not sure if freebie or discount involved.
–touts aromas of pear and meyer lemon
could taste tartness.
takeouts:
–only one cashier, when lines formed, another one showed up
never see a 2^nd cashier at any rite aid/​cvs
3.5 stars for diversity of offerings.

I enjoy that this is close to me, I really like the pharmacy and staff. I always enjoy going here. Especially for icecream! We love thrifty icecream.

Wish it was still named Thrifty’s. But they have a wide selection of various items. Great place to stop if you need a few items

Love this Rite Aid especially since the remodel — the pharmacy staff in particular is the best! My only complaint is that the restrooms are not accessible by customers unless a Rite Aid employee comes over to open the door with a key. This seems a bit ridiculous at this location!

The Pharmacy Staff is The Best!
My family and I have been using this pharmacy for the past three years since moving to Pleasanton. We even moved across town and continue to go to the Rite Aid on Hopyard. In fact I have even considered using mail order for my prescriptions but have decided not to. Why? The pharmacy staff is awesome! Every single one of them. They are friendly, fast, and always a pleasure and go out of their way to make sure I get what I need, even making suggestions if there are less expensive alternatives available. Need help? Have questions? Always there to provide advice. The excellent and personal service keeps us coming back.

Newly renovated store with tons of selection. The store is brightly clean and neat. Most of all, staff are nice and helpful.

This is a review about Asthmanephrine. NOT Riteaid. Riteaid is a good Pharmacy.
ASTMANEPHRINE is an asthma Atomizer and medicine called Racephedrine. The medicine works, The atomizer DOES NOT. The starter kit is 50. Bucks, and the atomizer works for a week, then dies completelty. No matter you read the instructions, clean it correctly, etyc.etc. It will still die after a week of use. This is called Planned Obsolecense, They made the Atomizer faulty, so you have to keep buying them at 50 bucks a pop. Thereby seperating you from your hard earned money, and leaving you with garbage, because thats what this product is, is garbage. I suspect there will be a class action lawsuit to remove this product from shelves simply because IT DOES NOT WORK folks. If you want to waste your cash on this product, then go ahead, some folks just are not very bright. Do yourself a favopr and use some other Atomizer, go get a script for a good atomizer, and dont frustrate yourself like I did buying 2 or 3 of these crappy little atomiozers. Dont give this company your money, for a product that does not work, you will feel like an idiot.
Absolutely NO RATing for asthma nephrine. IT SUCKS!!!

I like coming here about as much as I enjoy a rectal exam. Every time I come to this store the employees are no where to be found. Yesterday my kids and I stood at the front counter with two other customers as no employees were seen. No one at the counter or ice cream counter. Every rite aid seems to be this bad. Walked into Fremont only to find the same thing, 20+ minute line just like Pleasanton. Sounds like senior management needs to be fired.

The pharmacy really should look out for the customer’s best interest instead of the company’s.
I have asthma and I also do not have health insurance which means prescriptions are anything but reality for me, unless I happen to be rich, which I’m not.
Since Primatene was taken off the market, I have been seeking alternative OTC methods and medicine for managing my asthma. I went to this pharmacy asking about such a thing and the guy working there said that there was absolutely nothing available without a prescription, and he was very certain of himself.
About a week later I find out that, yes, there is an alternative called Asthmanephrin. You can get it at most other pharmacies except Rite Aid. The pharmacist, who should most definitely be on top of these things, should have said so. I understand not wanting to send people to the competition, but when it comes to the health and well-​being of an asthma sufferer (or any sufferer, for that matter), you should put bullshit company pride aside and tell me that there’s a glimmer of hope elsewhere. At least I’d have some respect for you and be more likely to come back to you for future needs.
CVS continues to hold my trust.

The Pharmacy Technicians are good and the staff in the store part. (when you can find one) are helpful, however this store is in need of a MAJOR renovation, including getting more staff!
The Ice Cream counter is either «out of service» or you can’t get anyone to help you :-(
Good selection of items in store, but messy at times and as I said before, hard to find help when you need it.

Best pharmacy staff around. I use them all the time, they know my difficult name and remember me each time I come.
Best Ice Cream ANYWHERE –still a fan after all these years.
Really good staff overall. And now that the store is totally renovated, it’s super clean and easy to find items.
Also, because of their customer rewards programs I often 10−20% everything I buy there, exception prescriptions.

I came here earlier to pick up something and there were 3 – 4 people in front of me, but because there were 2 check out lanes open the lines shortened rather quickly and smoothly.
I’ve been to two other Rite Aid’s before and it’s always the same experience for me. Never once had a negative experience so 4 stars for my very first visit at this Rite Aid location.
Must come here next time I need something and seem like their Ice Cream dept was popular. So many people there plus it’s been HOT here lately.
Update: Must give Rite Aide 5 stars on 9/​2/​10 because their Photo Dept had super Excellent service. I read really bad reviews for nearby Walgreens/​CVS in general, but I decided to give Rite Aide a try and glad I did. When I arrived I was getting my camera chip out and one of the girls happened to walk by and asked me, «If I was finding things okay today?» I told her, «Actually, this is my very first time using this machine here.» And, she knew that she needed to explain things to me so she took the time and did so, which I appreciated her help very much. Once I finished choosing and ordering I thought I had to come back later or even the very next day to pick up my photos except the machine I used printed my photos right there and then. I was like, «Very nice!!» I paid for my pictures and left VERY happy! I will be back to order more pictures.

*Review is only about ice cream*
Felt funny for «checking-​in» at Rite Aid, but had to do it. Have been a fan of Rite Aid ice cream since I was a little kid. Even at today’s price of $ 1.29 for a single scoop (used to be $.99) you can’t beat it. I usually get mint chocolate chip, but today they were out! The weather was really warm today and they ended up selling out of it. Boo.
I decided to get a double scoop of Apricot Mango Sorbet and French Vanilla. Glad that I instructed the man to put the vanilla on the bottom (anticipating the sorbet would be too sweet). Have to say the ice cream was softer than normal, but nonetheless still satisfying. Would have enjoyed a sugar cone rather than the foamy cones – but again, they must have run out of them.

Five people in line at 11:00AM on a Saturday Morning??? One cashier, not including the one who was waiting in the same line to purchase a bottled water (some helpful coworker). The company is a mess and this store is a prime example of how the chain poorly presents itself to annoyed customers.
The red haired lady (mentioned in my older review) was the one waiting in a line, instead of opening her own register…

2 stars for A-​ok. Not a gourmet drug store but a 3 star one.
Their ice cream rocks. Today the line was 10 deep with middle schoolers waiting. It was a clusterfu##$ at the check out with no defined waiting line and no clue what register was open. Apparently they had one line with no sign and 2 registers.

went straight over here after we ate at Sozo. Had to grab me a two scoop coconut pineapple on a cone. ohhhhhh the memories…
would have given 4 stars but it took almost 5 minutes for someone to come and serve us.
p. s. after my first lick i decided to run back in and grab a box for the freezer… HOLLA!