RiteAid

When you step up to the pharmacy counter at Rite Aid to discuss your symptoms with the helpful employee clad in a white coat, do you know if you're speaking to a pharmacist or just a "wellness ambassador"? Two U.S. senators say that the distinction isn't clear enough. Here's why they have a problem.

Memo to extreme couponers: Some retailers, particularly supermarkets and drugstore chains, are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. To save their bottom lines, they're setting limits on just how much all your coupon cleverness can save you.

The economy may be ugly for workers, but most companies are making money. In fact, many Wall Street darlings are checking in with record profits. Then again, most doesn't mean all. Here are five notable companies that are losing money this year -- and possibly beyond.

This Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-27, 2010 all regular-priced Rite Aid brand products are buy one get one (BOGO) 50% off. A PR rep assures me that NO Rite Aid brand products are excluded and that no minimum purchase is required. If everything you buy is the same price you end up with...

Starting this Thursday, Feb. 18 and running through Saturday, Feb 20, 2010, all over-the-counter medicine is 20% off at Rite Aid. The discount comes off the regular price. Sale items are excluded. The sale applies to a lot of meds, including Advil, Muciniex, Prilosec, and Zyrtec. Not sure if items...

I have never seen a sale like this. All cosmetics -- even brand names -- are 25% off at Rite Aid starting Feb. 11 and going through Saturday, Feb. 13. Supplies are not going to be re-stocked and you cannot get a raincheck so I would not wait to drop by on Saturday, when the best stuff will be...

Get $5 off a purchase of $25 or more at Rite Aid now until Dec. 12. In store only. The fine print says you cannot combine it with any other offers, but I can't imagine they wouldn't let you use it on sale items. It may be up to each store to determine whether you can also use coupons from the...

Wahoo! Here are two great coupons from Rite Aid. The first gets you $3 off a purchase of $15 or more. The second coupon gets you $2 off any Rite Aid brand skin care or beauty product that costs more than $2. In store only. After the $2 off coupon these products cost: A 300 pack of cotton...

Here's an even better coupon for your next trip to Rite Aid. Get $4 off a purchase of $20 (prescriptions don't count) when you bring this coupon into the store. Expires Nov. 21, 2009. In store only. Caveats: Not valid on purchase of prescriptions, prescription co-pays, Medicare or Medicaid...

Rite Aid is pushing its video ads. Watch 20 of them and get a coupon for $5 off your next purchase of $20 or more. Each video is worth one video credit. You watch the video, then it credits your account. Plus, each video comes with a $1 to $3 off coupon for the product advertised. You can print...