Longs October sales rise

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Longs Drug Stores reported a 2.3 percent increase in sales of $351 million for the month of October but only a slight jump in same store sales.

Longs said same store sales rose 0.2 percent for the month, with a 1.1 percent increase in pharmacy sales nearly offset by a 0.8 percent decrease in front-end sales.