Rite-Aid’s Wellness Stores come to NY area

Rite-Aid Corp., the nation”™s third-largest drugstore chain by number of stores, has brought its new “wellness” concept to Westchester County.

The store at 50 N. Greeley Ave. in Chappaqua has been remodeled, along with seven others in the metro area, into a Wellness Store. That means it will offer advanced clinical services, including a private pharmacist consultation room. It will also have more staff for customer service and a bigger selection of wellness products.

Grand opening events were held July 14, when nurses and pharmacists were on hand to provide free services such as cholesterol testing, blood sugar testing, blood pressure readings and diabetes risk assessments, as well as assessments of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and memory impairment. But those services will not be available on a regular basis.