09:50 AM EST - Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. : reported that its third-quarter net earnings amounted to $44.6 million or $0.19 per share, compared to a net loss of $399.2 million or $1.66 per share in the prior-year quarter. Earnings before specific items and share of loss in Rite Aid amounted to $44.2 million or $0.19 per share, compared to $36.7 million or $0.15 per share during the third quarter of the previous fiscal year. Revenues amounted to $678.1 million, compared to $620.3 million in the year-ago quarter. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, on a same-store basis, PJC network retail sales grew of 6.3%, pharmacy sales gained 6.5% and front-end sales increased by 6.6% compared with the same period last year. Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.
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