Rite Aid’s return to bankruptcy within a year after completing its prior Chapter 11 shows that when critical vendors aren’t prepared to move forward with business as usual, even a carefully crafted plan risks failure.

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has begun Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company announced on Monday, May 5. Rite Aid CEO Matt Schroeder pointed to financial challenges that "intensified by the ...

Any consumers who experience issues redeeming their Rite Aid points, coupons, unused gift cards, or with returning merchandise to Rite Aid should submit a complaint to the Bureau of Consumer Protection online or contact the Consumer Protection Hotline at 1-800-441-2555.

All five Rite Aid pharmacies in Vermont are slated to close as the national chain works through bankruptcy. And for some communities, that means their town will no longer have a local pharmacy to fill prescriptions.

Customers have until June 6 to use any gift cards, coupons or other rewards, the state attorney general advises.

A Rite Aid distribution center in Harford County, Maryland, is expected to lay off more than 300 workers and close its doors after the Pennsylvania-based pharmacy filed for bankruptcy for a second time.