REVCO D S INC
SC 14D1/A, 1996-04-11
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                               _______________

                               SCHEDULE 14D-1
                              AMENDMENT NO. 14
                           TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                               ACT OF 1934
                                   AND
                               SCHEDULE 13D
                              AMENDMENT NO. 14
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                               _____________

                             REVCO D.S., INC. 
                        (Name of Subject Company)
                              _____________

                          RITE AID CORPORATION
                    OCEAN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
                              (Bidders)
                            _____________

                 COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE, $.01 PER SHARE
                     (Title of Class of Securities)
                           _____________

                             761339 10 0
               (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                         _________________

                       FRANKLIN C. BROWN, ESQ.
          EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL
                       RITE AID CORPORATION
                          30 HUNTER LANE
                   CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA  17011
                      TELEPHONE: (717) 761-2633
          (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
          Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)

                            With a Copy to:

                      NANCY A. LIEBERMAN, ESQ.
                 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
                           919 THIRD AVENUE
                     NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10022
                     TELEPHONE:  (212) 735-3000
                           _______________

                Ocean Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation
          (the "Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite Aid
          Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Parent
          hereby amend and supplement their Statement on Schedule 14D-
          1 (the "Schedule 14D-1"), filed with the Securities Exchange
          Commission (the "Commission") on December 4, 1995, with
          respect to the Purchaser's offer to purchase 35,144,833
          shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
          "Shares"), of Revco D.S., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
          "Company"),  at a price of $27.50 per Share, net to the
          seller in cash, (such price, or such higher price per Share
          as may be paid in the Offer, the "Offer Price") upon the
          terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer
          to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which,
          as amended from time to time, together constitute the
          "Offer").  This Amendment No. 14 to the Schedule 14D-1 also
          constitutes Amendment No. 14 to the Statement on Schedule
          13D of the Purchaser and Parent.  The item numbers and
          responses thereto below are in accordance with the
          requirements of Schedule 14D-1.

          ITEM 10.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

               (f)  On April 10, 1996, Parent issued a press release
          relating to the Offer.  A copy of the press release is filed
          herewith as Exhibit (a)(22) and is incorporated herein by
          reference.

          ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

               (a)(22)   Text of Press Release, dated April 10, 1996,
          issued by Parent.


                                   SIGNATURES

               After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
          belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
          statement is true, complete and correct.

          Dated:  April 11, 1996
                                        RITE AID CORPORATION

                                        By:  /s/ Martin L. Grass       
                                           __________________________
                                           Name:   Martin L. Grass 
                                           Title:  Chairman of the Board and 
                                                    Chief Executive Officer
                                           
                                        OCEAN ACQUISITION CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Martin L. Grass        
                                           ____________________________ 
                                           Name:   Martin L. Grass
                                           Title:  President


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
           
          EXHIBIT
          NUMBER               DESCRIPTION

          (a)(22)        Text of Press Release, dated April 10,
                         1996, issued by Parent.




          (RITE AID
          CORPORATION - LOGO)

          CONTACTS:    

          MEDIA:                             INVESTORS:
          SUZANNE MEAD                       FRANK BERGONZI 
          VP Corporate Communications        Executive VP and CFO
          (717) 975-5887                     (717) 975-5750

                              JOELE FRANK/LISSA WEINMANN
                              Abernathy MacGregor Scanlon
                              (212) 371-5999

          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     

              RITE AID HAS DISCONTINUED ROLLING 10-DAY EXTENSION
                   WITH FTC IN CONNECTION WITH REVCO MERGER
                __________________________________________        

                    CAMP HILL, PA, APRIL 10, 1996 -- Rite Aid Corporation 
          (RAD:  NYSE, PSE) announced that it has notified the Federal
          Trade Commission (FTC) that Rite Aid has discontinued the
          rolling 10-day extension of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting
          period previously put into effect in connection with Rite
          Aid's proposed acquisition of Revco, D.S., Inc (RXR:
          NYSE).  

                    Rite Aid is continuing its negotiations with
          the FTC in the hope that a successful resolution can be
          reached prior to the expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino
          waiting period on April 19, 1996.  

                    Rite Aid's tender offer to purchase 35,144,833
          shares of Revco is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m. on
          Friday, April 19, 1996.

                    Rite Aid Corporation, based in Camp Hill,
          Pennsylvania, is the nation's largest drugstore chain,
          with over 2,700 stores in 21 states and the District of
          Columbia.

                    General information about Rite Aid including
          corporate background and press releases is available,
          free of charge, through the company's News-On-Demand fax
          service at (800) 916-7788.




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