Rite Aid states that the partnership aligns with its corporate responsibility programme. Credit: Hayk_Shalunts via Shutterstock.

US pharmacy retailer Rite Aid has joined forces with food surplus tracking and donation platform Copia.

Rite Aid will donate food items for Copia’s platform to track inventory, prove compliance, and record impact in real time across the state of California.

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Copia will match Rite Aid with local nonprofit organisations focused on combatting food insecurity.

Rite Aid states that the partnership aligns with its corporate responsibility programme, which involves managing its carbon footprint and reducing the amount of food that ends up in landfills.

Rite Aid senior vice president and chief corporate affairs and communications officer Joy Errico commented: “The health and wellness of others is at the centre of everything we do, and Copia is empowering us to deliver on that promise in another deeply meaningful way.”

Copia CEO Kimberly Smith added: “Food waste is one of the largest contributors to methane emissions from landfills. By choosing to donate surplus, Rite Aid is reducing their impact on the planet.”

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Rite Aid employs nearly 6,000 pharmacists and operates more than 1,700 retail pharmacy locations across 16 states. With 381 pharmacy stores, California contains the most Rite Aid stores in the US.

The retailer also operates two wholly owned subsidiaries: Health Dialog, which provides healthcare coaching and disease management services via online chat and phone, and Seattle-based regional chain Bartell Drugs.

In late 2023, Rite Aid offered an ‘After Work Wednesday Walk-In Clinic’ for immunisation services.

The company also initiated a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process in October 2023 amid opioid-related lawsuits and a now-settled lawsuit against fellow retailer Walgreens.