Rite Aid: The $4B Pharmacy That Died Twice

Описание: Rite Aid was America's third-largest pharmacy chain — 5,000 stores, 45,000 employees, 63 years in business. Then it went bankrupt TWICE in 18 months and closed every single store. How does a $4 billion debt pile, 1,000+ opioid lawsuits, and shrinking pharmacy profits kill a neighborhood icon? The wildest detail: the ice cream counter outlived the pharmacy. This is the full story of Rite Aid's double bankruptcy — and why the US government is STILL fighting over its corpse.

Chapters:
00:00 Bankrupt twice in 18 months
00:33 What Rite Aid was
01:30 The 2007 deal that loaded the gun
01:57 The $17.2B Walgreens lifeboat that sailed away
02:37 The opioid lawsuits
03:16 Why pharmacies actually die
04:02 Bankruptcy #1 — and the "second chance"
04:57 Bankruptcy #2 — the wind-down
05:45 Zero stores. The lesson.

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