Rite Aid, GNC Extend Partnership Through 2019

Rite Aid Corporation

and GNC

today an agreement which extends and expands their existing partnership through 2019. The agreement enables Rite Aid to add at least 300 additional GNC LiveWell™ store-within-a-store locations inside its stores over the next five years. Rite Aid and GNC have had an exclusive partnership in the chain drug channel since December 1998. “Rite Aid's strategic partnership with GNC is a point of differentiation, both in the chain drug industry and with our customers,” said Ken Martindale, Rite Aid president and chief operating officer. “With the extension of