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• New Jersey-based Village Super Market Inc. said that its fourth quarter net income was $6.9 million, up nine percent from the same period a year ago. Q4 sales were $298 million, up 10.7 percent from a year ago, on same-store sales that were up 3.6 percent.

The company also said that net income for the fiscal year was $22.5 million, up 10 percent from the previous year, on sales of $1.1 billion, up 7.8 percent, on same-store sales that were up 2.5 percent.

• Walgreen reported that its September sales were $4.85 billion, up 10 percent from $4.4 billion during the same period a year ago, on same-store sales that were up 4.7 percent.

• Rite Aid said that its September sales decreased 0.8 percent to $1.971 billion compared to $1.986 billion for the same period last year. Same-store sales were up 1.7 percent.

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