The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. is a Canadian drugstore chain headquartered in Varennes, Quebec. It has more than 400 franchised locations in New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec under the PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique, and PJC Santé banners. The company was once the third largest distributor and retailer of pharmaceuticals and related products in North America, with nearly 2,200 drug stores. Its American stores have been sold to Rite Aid.
The headquarters of Jean Coutu Group in Varennes, Quebec.
A Jean Coutu pharmacy in Shediac, New Brunswick.
Rite Aid Corporation is an American drugstore chain based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, by Alex Grass under the name Thrift D Discount Center. It is the third-largest drugstore chain in the United States, with over 2,000 stores, and ranked No. 148 in the Fortune 500 in 2022.
A Rite Aid store in Glendale, California in 2023
Eckerd store in Rochester, Pennsylvania, pictured shortly before its conversion into a Rite Aid in August 2007
Interior of a Rite Aid store in San Ramon, California, in March 2017
Rite Aid store in Rose Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia in September 2018, before conversion to a Walgreens
