Albertsons Companies Inc., the conglomerate that owns grocery store chains across the country, including Vons, Pavilions, and Safeway, recently moved to add Rite Aid to its portfolio. Along with the drug store chain would come the Thrifty ice cream brand, which has been owned by Rite Aid since 1996.Click to see full answer. Similarly one may ask, who sells Thrifty brand ice cream? Rite Aid Additionally, can you still buy Thrifty ice cream? As Thrifty grew into the biggest drugstore chain on the West Coast, it left the Hollywood factory behind. In 1976 it opened a new plant further inland, in El Monte, where Thrifty ice cream is still made today. Rite Aid acquired the chain in 1996 and rebranded, pulling the Thrifty name off the storefronts. Thereof, does Walgreens sell Thrifty ice cream? Rite Aid acquired the ice cream brand when it bought Thrifty Payless in 1996 for $1.3 billion. There are Thrifty “hand dip stations” in more than 500 stores , primarily in California where Rite Aid and Albertsons hope to be strong competitors with rival grocers and pharmacies like Walgreens, CVS Health and Walmart.Does Rite Aid still have ice cream?Rite Aid is expanding its Thrifty Ice Cream brand into additional markets. The Camp Hill, Pa. -based retailer announced that the ice cream, which previously was available in California, can now be found in Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
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