Rite Aid

I have been getting my prescriptions filled at this location for years. The employees are friendly and, in the pharmacy, generally knowledgeable.
My problem is with the pharmacy hours and the store policy of not scheduling a member of the pharmacy staff to start prior to the posted open hours. The pharmacy is supposed to open at 9, but a staff member doesn’t start until 9. It takes 10 minutes or so to ready the registers and open, so the pharmacy doesn’t actually roll the doors up until after 9:10. A new policy or new pharmacy hours are necessary. It’s rude and ridiculous.

I’m giving it two stars because the store itself is fine, customer service is decent, and management is really nice.
I’m not giving it five stars because the pharmacy is a different story. Horrible manager Tim. Doesn’t care about customer service at all, most of the staff there is flat out rude, have permanent attitudes, nothing is ready when they say it will be, and any complaints made to him are a waste of breath. He basically treats you like you’re a dick for interrupting him while he’s hiding in the back room. Awful awful place.
Like I said, store front great though, so if you don’t need a prescription you’re good.

Worst place ever. Creepy employees and worst security men ever! Will never ever buy there again!

I used to live 2 blocks away from this RiteAid and it was my home pharmacy/​«oh crap, we’re out of milk» store for a few years. I had regularly good experiences with this location and the pharmacy girl was super awesome.
Now it’s 5 or so years later so I can’t really speak for a usual shopping experience here anymore, but I WILL give this random compliment: they had slippers that I wanted to buy. I needed a new pair of slippers for weeks and have searched every drug store, Payless, Walmart, Target– it seemed a simple enough item to find but no one had a cheap pair of slippers to my liking. I walked into this RiteAid last night and finally found a good replacement pair. And ended up buying another pair that looked like foxes with sequin ears *squee*.
Thank you RiteAid for keeping my feet winter warm!

Nice store, they seem to have great deals on seasonal items and a decent selection. They so have some good grocery deals once in a while. When I visited today, they were having a promotion of cereals– you can buy 3 for $ 9 and you get a gallon of milk for $.50!
They also have great prices of soda and liquor, sometimes offering additional savings through manufacturer coupons.
Thrifty Ice cream is as good as it was in the 90s! it is always so delicious and I’m never disappointed. I love that you can also buy it prepackaged and save a little bit of money that way and you get a lot more! The prepackaged Ice cream tastes just as good and the fresh scoops.
For the most part, the staff is nice and the store is clean and kept. They have good deals and offer coupons in their papers for added savings!
I always love shopping where I can find a deal. I usually come across some good deals here so I’ll be back!

Pharmacy says it opens at 9am but in reality they open when they show up… Closer to 9:20am which is extremely annoying! Showing up to pick up an Rx and being told «oh well we don’t have it because we just opened» is not acceptable. Perhaps the rite aid staff is paid whether they open on time or not but for those of us who are using a clock time is of the essence and I do not appreciate being told to come back later (second time this happened). As a note it’s not a new prescription it’s refilled automatically!

I am never setting foot in this Rite Aid again! I came for a couple things (charcoal, potted hydrangeas) I saw advertised on sale the day before. Their so-​called garden section out front was atrocious. Hardly any plants to choose from, and what few they had were pretty dead. No hydrangeas at all. I grabbed a little shopping cart inside and went to get the charcoal. There was half a shelf that was empty except for 2 generic brands of charcoal. No advertised charcoal. I should’ve just walked out right then, since they had neither of the specific items I came in for, but the shopoholic in me decided to browse some more. I noticed this guy down aways in the alcohol section. He was antsy, nothing in his hands, and pacing back and forth. I had a bad feeling that something was going to happen. Next thing I know, I hear a lot of commotion in the next aisle, people running, and some guy say «oh, there they go.» Apparently, the suspicious guy shoplifted something and ran out the front door. The cashier, an older man, was very apathetic about the whole thing, which leads me to believe that this sort of thing is an everyday occurrence. He shrugged his shoulders, said «yeah, I know,» then continued to help the next customer in line. There was only one other staff working at the ice cream shop, who was an older lady and didn’t seem to care either.
Good thing there are plenty of other Rite Aids and similar drug stores nearby, because this one is not the business.

Here’s the deal with this Rite-​Aid: it’s sketchy and dirty, but not as bad as the Walgreens nearby, but here’s the real — as far as products and service and what-​not, it’s no better or worse than any other chain pharmacy in the area. They’re all a little sketchy and creepy, but this one has this odd-​ball thing that rates it a short-​review on Unilocal.It’s a mixture of awesome and awful and thus the three stars.
Here goes: Every time you go in, no matter what you’re getting, there’s a giant line. And no disrespect to the employees — they’re always seem to have a more-​or-​less pleasant attitude and they don’t waste any time ringing you up, so I can’t blame the slow-​down and constant lines on them, but seriously, it’s like waiting for bread in Soviet Russia. And cancel any plans you had if someone wants ice cream because then they have to leave the register and chip away at the frozen-​over ice cream for a while.
But here’s the thing. I was in there the other day, waiting in line, working on finishing a long novel and wondering where my life had gone, time slipping through my fingers like sand through the hourglass… and then a Prince song started playing overhead. As you do when a Prince song comes on, I found myself kind of bobbing along to it, and humming along, and then I noticed that EVERYONE in the long line was doing the same thing — and shortly, when everyone realized that we were all on the same page, we all started singing along with it.
So… you know what? Sometimes, the long line at Rite-​Aid can lead to some fun group activities.

Just your normal rite aid. The service is always SLOW and you have to wait in line almost always here. They have your usual things like most rite aids but I tend to stay away from here since they are so slow.

I watched 4 people walk out the door and steal liquor, the clerk just looks up and keeps scanning… I had to navigate around pallets of stuff blocking my way, totes everywhere, I mean its more of a warehouse than a drug store. Not easy to shop and they are always out of ad items… Just gonna go to CVS or Walgreens…
Im driving away and I notice hobos making their way behind the store in the bushes setting up camp.
Pass.

Never really too busy, and helpful staff. What more do you need from a rite aid?

With all the ²⁴⁄₇ convenience store /​pharmacy combo stores in the area, how can you tell them all apart (Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens to name a few). Answer — you can’t. Just drop in which ever is closest, I find this one convenient when I stop across the street for gas.

These folks are idiots. There are all sorts of things marked down throughout the store, but then when you go to pay you don’t get those prices unless you are a member of their crappy club.
Sorry, but I have no intention of turning over all sorts of personal information to get a discount on something I can get at Target or Walgreens for the same price.

My throat was sore so I stopped in to get some cough drops. I didn’t realize but it was actually like a minute before closing. I was glad that everyone didn’t stare me down as I walked through the aisles to find my fare. Really nice employees!
And my cough drops were on sale (:

Just like Pamela Anderson said on «Ellen» a couple weeks ago, I’m a drugstore whore.
Seriously, it’s hard to get me out of them.
This Rite Aid always has the fastest pharmacists, I never have to wait longer than 10 minutes for a prescription. Sometimes too fast because while I’m waiting for my prescription I love to browse the as-​seen-​on-​tv products.
So… yes I will be back to buy something that I don’t really need.