EXHIBIT 23.1
 
              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Rite Aid Corporation:
 
  We consent to the use of our audit reports dated April 24, 1996 on the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Rite Aid Corporation and
subsidiaries as of March 2, 1996 and March 4, 1995 and for each of the years
in the three-year period then ended incorporated herein by reference and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus. Our
reports refer to a change in the method of accounting for investments in
fiscal year 1995.
 
                                                    /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
October 24, 1996