Also, per the deal, if the Federal Trade Commission demands any more divestitures, Fred's will have to buy additional Rite Aid stores. Rite Aid and Walgreens expect the merger to create a drugstore behemoth with a superior network that will cater to additional health and wellness solutions both in stores and online. Also, the combined company formed from the Walgreens-Rite Aid merger will operate over 12,000 stores in the U.S. and fill over one billion prescription drugs every day.