EXHIBIT 15 ---------- Rite Aid Corporation Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Gentlemen: Re: Registration Statement of Rite Aid Corporation on Form S-4 With respect to the subject registration statement, we acknowledge our awareness of the use therein of our reports dated June 30, 1998 and October 12, 1998 related to our reviews of interim financial information. Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, such reports are not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of sections 7 and 11 of the Act. Very truly yours, /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Harrisburg, Pennsylvania November 5, 1998