Rite Aid

The remodel of this Rite Aid has done wonders! It’s so much easier to navigate through the store and I’ve gone a couple times a month instead of going to a closer store! The guard is always by the front door to say hi, usually I say hi first but still really nice to have it said back. The cashiers a quick and friendly and the store is stocked all the time.
Glad this place is still around! The parking lot is large but is shared with other smaller stores in the strip.

This review is for the pharmacy. I have gone to many pharmacies in my life but this place is above and beyond the norm. 1) there is almost never a wait to pick up; 2) the most I’ve waited for a fill of a new prescription is like 7 minutes; 3) they have never messed up my insurance or a prescription; 4) when one prescription was $ 100+ they called to see if I wanted it instead of telling me when I took the time to drive there; 5) you can always get them on the phone. I’d give 10 stars if I could. Also, they don’t even need me to tell them my name at this point. Great neighborhood pharmacy.

New renovations are nice. It always feel like they are always short staffed. Slow. Then the genius owner decides to add an ice cream stand with the limited staff that they have. Prepare to wait in line.
Kind of ghetto so avoid late night visits. They got what you need if you’re in a bind.
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They did a nice job on the remodel but —
1. 2 weeks ago I purchased some Insure type product, got home and it was curdled, I should have noticed that the use by date had expired… watch out for expired items on their shelves.
2. I was just there (Tuesday June 23^rd) I’m disabled with a disabled License Plate on my Can-​Am Spyder (a type of motorcycle) I parked in the Disabled space in front of Rite Aid did some shopping, at Rite Aid, then came out and was drinking a bottle of water that I purchased from Rite Aid, when what I would assume was the store manager (no name tag and he didn’t identify himself) came over to me and said a customer complained that I was parked in the disabled space. I told him to look at my license plate, he did not and he didn’t apologize either. He should have just walked around and checked my plates before saying something.
I’ll never shop here again and hope others won’t.

I love the re design they did in the store! Looks so clean & organized! They even got a ice cream lil shop inside. only thing i dont like is how they barely got any cash registers open.

Good selection, great people, nice neighborhood store. Their points program is great (you can earn 20% off almost everything). I now buy a lot of things at Rite Aid that I used to go to the grocery store to get.

Contacted 1 – 800 rite-​aid. Waited for response back per rep of 48 hr and still no response. I repeat, RITEAID does not care about their customers what so ever.
I rarely stop by riteaid and after this happened, I don’t bother shopping here anymore. I take their ad to Walmart if I see a good sale in their ad paper.
Their employees look miserable there. Poor wages, long hours, short staff? I really do not know but I feel sorry for the people who work here. Even so, people need to make a living.
Back to the point, bye riteaid. Will not miss u at all.

The new renovations are awesome. When I come here I have to remind myself this is the same rite aid. Glad they did the updates and appreciate the fact it’s a neighborhood drug store.

I came here many years ago and had not been back in a while. I stopped by today to pick up a few items on my way home from work and color me impressed. The inside of the store must have been recently remodeled. It was very organized and had many options of things to get. I actually walked around the store and just looked at what they had to offer. I will be back.

The absolute worst pharmacy personnel ever!!! Have never been impressed with the personnel, slow slow slow, zero personalities and did I mention slow? Called in a prescription a couple of days ago, one was expired so they had to call my doctor. Got a call today to say that it was ready to be picked up. Went into the store, twenty minutes later after standing in a line of coughing/​hacking people, finally got to the whatever he was (cashier?), gave him my info, he came back and told me he couldn’t release it to me because it was a new prescription and the pharmacist needed to be present. I asked him why they called to say it was ready? Well that was like talking to a dirt clod. He stated that was the rule and the pharmacist was at lunch (4:00 p.m.) and he would have to be present. Might be back in 5 minutes or so. I was so irritated I just walked out, mind you I have high blood pressure and he was just making it worse. I called another Rite Aid to see if they could fill it and they stated no, I would have to pick it up there. Not a chance in hell, I’ll be calling my doctor Monday and if I have a stroke or heart attack so be it. Never again will I go into a Rite Aid! Never!!!

I never really went to any Rite-​Aides till I met my spouse, personally I thought they were all pretty pricey… But if you start a rewards eventually you start getting 20% off all your purchases, which is really great! Self service, as for the pharmacy the workers are a little on the dingy side or just out right rude to the point where I no longer take my medications here and provided another costco membership so my spouse wouldn’t have to deal with them either. Non the less you get what you need and your on your way. 3 stars.

This place has it all. It has EVERYTHING. Plus if you shop here enough you get automatic discounts on top off the great sale prices!
It’s pretty organized for the most part and the Isles are faced almost everytime I’m here.
Great customer service!
They had the same staff for a long long time, but within the past few years it seems like they’ve turned over most of them and there’s a lot of new staff but they are all really nice and helpful.

Nicely kept store with lots to choose from. I have often found things here that I cannot find at ANY other drugstores. Examples: Castile Peppermint soap and straight tip tweezers! Who decided that everyone wants and needs slant tip tweezers only. They don’t work as well as straight for some things. Thank you Rite Aide for allowing me to choose what works for me, not what some corporate office decides they will only carry slant and in 4 different brands only.
I will often return for those hard to find items plus whatever else I need. That said, I do find their prices a bit higher, but I will pay to get what I want.

I love that they are close and open till 10. It beats going to either Safeway at 10 pm when I need something. The staff is friendly and the store is kept up. It’s not very updated but it has what I need when I need it. Plus there is always parking.

Prices… Meh… (Better if you have there savings card and use their app). What they stock on most shelfs… Meh… Convenience… Yeah enough for a 3 star… But their liqueur/​beer deals, oh crap!!! They can help you keep your bar stocked at prices better then bev-​mo or any savings card place with some pretty good stuff. That makes it a 4 star…

I only come here because it is walking distance. The cashiers are slow as turtles. The beer fridge is never stocked well. This tells me that they have very lazy employees. Hopefully the owner realizes this and fire and rehire.

I guess I am just basing this off of the fact that all Rite Aids I have been to have an ice cream section! As in scooping the ice cream and giving it to you in a cup or cone ice cream section! Wahhhh, made me so sad to go in and realize they didn’t have one! I ended up just buying the «thrifty» brand tubs of ice cream which is basically what they use in other Rite Aids, same flavors etc but still! Not the same experience, and I had to pay out of pocket for a tub of cotton candy ice cream when I just wanted one scoop. Ok it sounds like I’m being a brat, but still!

This place is usually not to busy, and always has really good coupons! I went there for the 1 hour photo, and got 105 photos done for only $ 15.00! Very cheap, and done in 1hr! This store is also pretty cool because you can set up your pharmacy and your prescriptions online if you have that sort of need.

I left my house and by the time i get to San Leandro, it was raining. We pass by this store and we buy a $ 16.20 umbrella but as I get in my car, I remembered I may have one in my trunk, which I did! I go back to the store with the receipt within minutes and this Asian cashier named Peter who sold us the umbrella gives me the biggest attitude! Out of the blue he tells me that this is the reason why America’s economy is so bad! In his country they do not return and get a refund. Now, I forget if he said Vietnam or China, but hey, you have no business working where you deal with people and handle money that is not yours! I had to tell this guy to go back where he came from if he isn’t happy here. I told him his comments were inappropriate. He opens the umbrella and said” see, I know everything”. What a complete idiot! I went in the store with my own umbrella to show I already have one and didn’t need to buy another. Rite Aid’s return policy is 30 days with a receipt. What the hell do I need to explain anything to this moron? I complain to his boss and he tells me to call the 800 number and he does not have a business card! I did just that! I called the 800# and complained!

1 star only for having the only plastic pool under 20 dollars.
This place I came in during the July heatwave, looking for a pool for the kids to play in, it didn’t help that this place reeked for something nasty, I walked around and walked I seen 5 hr energy drinks in locked boxes. Are you kidding? I didn’t see anything useful I seen in the corner of the store the pools were on the wall and I went to the front and asked someone to bring it down for me, I walked back and waited no one came.
someone passed me up and I asked «Uh are you going to help.» he smugly replied «I’m on my break» Ok I walk back to the front and I asked again. So no one came. I walked into another aisle and I kid you not, I grabbed a broom and it took me 10 minutes but I got it down, I walked to the front there was a long line, only one register worked, I couldn’t believe this, I was rolling the pool to pay for it and the price didn’t ring up. Because I was pissed off I gave the cashier another price Ha! so there.
I’m not going to be coming here again, I’m glad my kids pool survived the summer so that I don’t have to buy a new one. The smell here in the store was more then enough of a reason, it smelled like a dead mouse or something. Blehhhh