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Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-91008


Prospectus Supplement No. 3 dated April 11, 2003
(To Prospectus dated July 29, 2002)


$381,488,000

Duane Reade Inc.

Senior Convertible Notes due 2022

        This document supplements the prospectus dated July 29, 2002, as amended and supplemented from time to time, relating to the resale by the holders of Senior Convertible Notes due April 16, 2022 and the shares of our common stock into which the notes are convertible.

        This prospectus supplement is incorporated by reference into, and should be read in conjunction with, the prospectus dated July 29, 2002, including any amendments or supplements to it. This prospectus supplement is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in connection with, the prospectus, including any amendments or supplements to it.

        The following table sets forth information as of April 11, 2003, with respect to the selling security holders and the principal amounts of notes beneficially owned by each selling security holder that may be offered under the prospectus. This information is based on information provided by or on behalf of the selling security holders pursuant to questionnaires they have sent to us. No holder of the notes may sell the notes or shares without furnishing to us a questionnaire setting forth the information specified below.

        The selling security holders may offer all, some or none of the notes or common stock into which the notes are convertible. In addition, the selling security holders may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of their notes since the date on which they provided the information regarding their notes in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. No selling security holder beneficially owns one percent or more of our common stock assuming conversion of the selling security holders' notes, except as otherwise indicated in the table below.

        Information concerning the selling security holders may change from time to time, and any changed information will be set forth in additional supplements to the prospectus if and when necessary. In addition, the conversion rate and, therefore, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances.

        The table of selling security holders contained on pages 47-51 of the prospectus dated July 29, 2002 is hereby amended and replaced by the table set forth below.

Name

  Principal
Amount of
Notes
Beneficially
Owned and
Offered(1)

  Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned

  Common
Stock
Offered(2)

  Notes
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Common
Stock
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Material
Relationship(4)

1976 Distribution Trust FBO A.R. Lauder / Zinterhofer   $ 16,000   226   226   -0-     None
1976 Distribution Trust FBO Jane A. Lauder   $ 30,000   424   424   -0-     None

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Name

  Principal
Amount of
Notes
Beneficially
Owned and
Offered(1)

  Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned

  Common
Stock
Offered(2)

  Notes
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Common
Stock
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Material
Relationship(4)

2000 Revocable Trust FBO A.R. Lauder / Zinterhofer   $ 15,000   212   212   -0-     None
Advent Convertible Master Cayman L.P.   $ 9,914,000   140,050   140,050   -0-     None
AIG/National Union Fire Insurance   $ 1,325,000   18,718   18,718   -0-     None
Akela Capital Master Fund, Ltd.   $ 2,000,000   28,253   28,253   -0-     None
Allentown City Firefighters Pension Plan   $ 55,000   777   777   -0-     None
Allentown City Officers & Employees Pension Fund   $ 40,000   565   565   -0-     None
Allentown City Police Pension Plan   $ 64,000   904   904   -0-     None
Allstate Insurance Company   $ 1,200,000   16,952   16,952   -0-     None
Allstate Life Insurance Company   $ 600,000   8,476   8,476   -0-     None
Alpha U.S. Sub Fund 4, LLC   $ 1,811,000   25,583   25,583   -0-     None
Alpha U.S. Sub Fund VIII, LLC   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
American Motorist Insurancy Company   $ 1,216,000   17,178   17,178   -0-     None
Arapahoe County Colorado   $ 118,000   1,667   1,667   -0-     None
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund (Bermuda), Ltd.   $ 4,500,000   63,569   63,569   -0-     None
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund L.P.   $ 1,000,000   14,127   14,127   -0-     None
Argent LowLev Convertible Arbitrage Fund LLC   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
Argent LowLev Convertible Arbitrage Fund Ltd.   $ 2,000,000   28,253   28,253   -0-     None
Arkansas PERS   $ 1,675,000   23,662   23,662   -0-     None
Arlington County   $ 1,291,000   18,237   18,237   -0-     None
Atlantic Trust Company   $ 2,500,000   35,316   35,316   -0-     None
Bancroft Convertible Fund, Inc.   $ 1,725,000   24,368   24,368   -0-     None
Bank Austria Cayman Islands, Ltd.   $ 3,200,000   45,205   45,205   -0-     None
Bay County PERS   $ 345,000   4,874   4,874   -0-     None
Bear, Stearns & Co Inc.   $ 2,500,000   35,316   35,316   -0-     None
Bear Stearns International Limited (BSIL)   $ 5,000,000   70,633   70,633   -0-     None
Black Diamond Capital I, Ltd.   $ 975,000   13,773   13,773   -0-     None
Black Diamond Convertible Offshore, LDC   $ 6,464,000   91,314   91,314   -0-     None
Black Diamond Offshore Ltd.   $ 3,569,000   50,417   50,417   -0-     None
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. as agent for BNP Paribas London   $ 13,525,000   191,061   191,061   -0-     None
Boilermakers Blacksmith Pension Trust   $ 2,145,000   30,301   30,301   -0-     None
British Virgin Islands Social Security Board   $ 169,000   2,387   2,387   -0-     None
BTES—Convertible Arb   $ 1,500,000   21,190   21,190   -0-     None
BTOP—Growth vs Value   $ 9,000,000   127,139   127,139   -0-     None
Calamos Market Neutral Fund—Calamos Investment Trust   $ 7,500,000   105,949   105,949   -0-     None
Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement Trust   $ 9,710,000   137,168   137,168   -0-     None
CIBC World Markets   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
CIBC World Markets (International) Arbitrage Corp.   $ 8,500,000   120,075   120,075   -0-     None
CitiCorp Life Insurance Company—Corporate   $ 14,000   198   198   -0-     None
City of New Orleans   $ 485,000   6,851   6,851   -0-     None
City University of New York   $ 291,000   4,111   4,111   -0-     None
Cobra Fund U.S.A. LP   $ 33,000   466   466   -0-     None

Name

  Principal
Amount of
Notes
Beneficially
Owned and
Offered(1)

  Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned

  Common
Stock
Offered(2)

  Notes
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Common
Stock
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Material
Relationship(4)

Cobra Master Fund Ltd.   $ 217,000   3,065   3,065   -0-     None
Consulting Group Capital Markets Funds   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
Deephaven Domestic Convertible Trading Ltd.   $ 9,000,000   127,139   127,139   -0-     None
Delaware Employees   $ 3,203,000   45,247   45,247   -0-     None
Delaware PERS   $ 2,365,000   33,409   33,409   -0-     None
Delta Air Lines Master Trust c/o Oaktree Capital Management, LLC   $ 2,505,000   35,387   35,387   -0-     None
Delta Air Lines Master Trust   $ 1,065,000   15,045   15,045   -0-     None
Delta Pilots D & S Trust   $ 1,250,000   17,658   17,658   -0-     None
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.(5)   $ 27,100,000   382,828   382,828   -0-     None
Double Black Diamond Offshore LDC   $ 18,046,000   254,927   254,927   -0-     None
Duke Endowment   $ 410,000   5,792   5,792   -0-     None
Ellsworth Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc.   $ 1,725,000   24,368   24,368   -0-     None
F. R. Convt. Sec. Fn.   $ 240,000   3,390   3,390   -0-     None
Gaia Offshore Master Fund Ltd   $ 10,850,000   153,273   153,273   -0-     None
General Motors Welfare Benefit Trust   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
Goldman Sachs and Company   $ 1,852,000   26,162   26,162   -0-     None
Grace Brothers Management, LLC   $ 3,500,000   49,443   49,443   -0-     None
Grace Brothers, Ltd.   $ 2,000,000   28,253   28,253   -0-     None
Grady Hospital Foundation   $ 256,000   3,616   3,616   -0-     None
HFR Convertible Arbitrage Account   $ 1,974,000   27,886   27,886   -0-     None
ICI American Holdings Trust   $ 865,000   12,219   12,219   -0-     None
Independence Blue Cross   $ 763,000   10,779   10,779   -0-     None
KBC Financial Products (Cayman Islands)(6)   $ 25,500,000   360,226   360,226   -0-     None
KBC Financial Products USA Inc.   $ 2,000,000   28,253   28,253   -0-     None
Lehman Brothers Inc.   $ 6,000,000   84,759   84,759   -0-     None
Lincoln National Convertible Securities Fund   $ 1,500,000   21,190   21,190   -0-     None
Local Initiatives Support Corporation   $ 95,000   1,342   1,342   -0-     None
Louisiana CCRF   $ 470,000   6,639   6,639   -0-     None
Lyxor   $ 4,959,000   70,053   70,053   -0-     None
Lyxor Master Fund   $ 1,650,000   23,309   23,309   -0-     None
Lyxor Master Fund Ref: Argent/LowLev CB   $ 1,000,000   14,127   14,127   -0-     None
McMahan Securities Co. L.P.   $ 1,922,000   27,151   27,151   -0-     None
Merrill Lynch Insurance Group   $ 616,000   8,702   8,702   -0-     None
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Inc.
  $ 6,236,000   88,093   88,093   -0-     None
Microsoft Corporation   $ 3,215,000   45,417   45,417   -0-     None
Minnesota Power and Light   $ 172,000   2,430   2,430   -0-     None
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Convertible Securities Trust   $ 3,000,000   42,380   42,380   -0-     None
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan—Active Member Fund   $ 580,000   8,193   8,193   -0-     None
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan—Retiree Member Fund   $ 360,000   5,086   5,086   -0-     None
Municipal Employees   $ 437,000   6,173   6,173   -0-     None

Name

  Principal
Amount of
Notes
Beneficially
Owned and
Offered(1)

  Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned

  Common
Stock
Offered(2)

  Notes
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Common
Stock
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Material
Relationship(4)

Nabisco Holdings   $ 118,000   1,667   1,667   -0-     None
National Benefit Life Insurance Company   $ 8,000   113   113   -0-     None
New Orleans Firefighters Pension / Relief Fund   $ 262,000   3,701   3,701   -0-     None
Occidental Petroleum Corporation   $ 502,000   7,092   7,092   -0-     None
OCM Convertible Trust   $ 5,465,000   77,201   77,201   -0-     None
Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation   $ 331,000   4,676   4,676   -0-     None
Ondeo Nalco   $ 250,000   3,532   3,532   -0-     None
Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd.   $ 1,895,000   26,770   26,770   -0-     None
Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company Teamsters   $ 9,500,000   134,202   134,202   -0-     None
Policemen and Firemen Retirement System of the City of Detroit   $ 1,201,000   16,966   16,966   -0-     None
Primerica Life Insurance Company   $ 331,000   4,676   4,676   -0-     None
Pro-mutual   $ 1,439,000   20,328   20,328   -0-     None
Prudential Insurance Co. of America   $ 235,000   3,320   3,320   -0-     None
Qwest Occupational Health Trust   $ 480,000   6,781   6,781   -0-     None
Ramius Capital Group   $ 465,000   6,569   6,569   -0-     None
Ramius, L.P.    $ 250,000   3,532   3,532   -0-     None
Raytheon Phoenix Fund   $ 847,000   11,965   11,965   -0-     None
RCG Baldwin, L.P.    $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
RCG Halifax Master Fund, Ltd.   $ 1,385,000   19,565   19,565   -0-     None
RCG Latitude Master
Fund, Ltd. 
  $ 2,350,000   33,197   33,197   -0-     None
RCG Multi-Strategy, L.P.   $ 3,850,000   54,387   54,387   -0-     None
Retail Clerks Pension Trust   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
RJR Reynolds   $ 270,000   3,814   3,814   -0-     None
Royal Bank of Canada   $ 2,000,000   28,253   28,253   -0-     None
S.A.C. Capital Associates, LLC.   $ 3,000,000   42,380   42,380   -0-     None
Sage Capital   $ 225,000   3,178   3,178   -0-     None
Shell Pension Trust   $ 1,433,000   20,243   20,243   -0-     None
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance   $ 1,400,000   19,777   19,777   -0-     None
St. Albans Partners Ltd.   $ 5,000,000   70,633   70,633   -0-     None
Starvest Combined Portfolio   $ 1,375,000   19,424   19,424   -0-     None
State Employees' Retirement Fund of the State of Delaware   $ 3,665,000   51,774   51,774   -0-     None
State of Connecticut Combined Investment Funds   $ 7,550,000   106,655   106,655   -0-     None
State of Maryland Retirement Agency   $ 6,174,000   87,217   87,217   -0-     None
State of Oregon—Equity   $ 7,601,000   107,376   107,376   -0-     None
Susquehanna Capital Fund   $ 8,500,000   120,075   120,075   -0-     None
Syngenta AG   $ 410,000   5,792   5,792   -0-     None
Tag Associates   $ 216,000   3,051   3,051   -0-     None
TD Securities (USA) Inc.   $ 19,000,000   268,404   268,404   -0-     None
Tempo Master Fund LP   $ 10,000,000   141,265   141,265   -0-     None
The Coast Fund L.P.   $ 2,000,000   28,253   28,253   -0-     None
The Grable Foundation   $ 179,000   2,529   2,529   -0-     None
The Travelers Indemnity Company   $ 797,000   11,259   11,259   -0-     None
The Travelers Insurance Company—Life   $ 603,000   8,518   8,518   -0-     None
The Travelers Insurance Company—Separate Account TLAC   $ 31,000   438   438   -0-     None
The Travelers Life and Annuity Company   $ 41,000   579   579   -0-     None

Name

  Principal
Amount of
Notes
Beneficially
Owned and
Offered(1)

  Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned

  Common
Stock
Offered(2)

  Notes
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Common
Stock
Owned
After
Completion
of
Offering(3)

  Material
Relationship(4)

Travelers Series Trust Convertible Bond Portfolio   $ 175,000   2,472   2,472   -0-     None
Tribeca Investments, LLC   $ 4,000,000   56,506   56,506   -0-     None
Trustmark Insurance Company   $ 666,000   9,408   9,408   -0-     None
UFJ Investments Asia Limited   $ 1,000,000   14,127   14,127   -0-     None
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.   $ 8,825,000   124,666   124,666   -0-     None
Victory Capital Management as Investment Advisor for the Victory Convertible Fund   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None
Wachovia Securities Inc.   $ 15,000,000   211,898   211,898   -0-     None
White River Securities L.L.C.   $ 10,000,000   141,265   141,265   -0-     None
Wolverine Trading   $ 1,000,000   14,127   14,127   -0-     None
Worldwide Transactions Ltd.   $ 946,000   13,364   13,364   -0-     None
Writers Guild—Industry Health Fund (Boomer Fund)   $ 140,000   1,978   1,978   -0-     None
Yield Strategies Fund I, L.P.   $ 1,500,000   21,190   21,190   -0-     None
Yield Strategies Fund II, L.P.   $ 1,500,000   21,190   21,190   -0-     None
Zazove Convertible Arbitrage Fund L.P.   $ 1,000,000   14,127   14,127   -0-     None
Zeneca Holdings Trust   $ 580,000   8,193   8,193   -0-     None
Zurich Institutional Benchmark Master Fund Ltd.   $ 500,000   7,063   7,063   -0-     None

(1)
Total principal amount at maturity of the notes of the selling security holders listed is more than $381,488,000 because certain of the selling security holders may have transferred the notes pursuant to Rule 144A or otherwise reduced their position prior to selling pursuant to the prospectus. The maximum principal amount at maturity of the notes that may be sold under the prospectus will not exceed $381,488,000.

(2)
Represents shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes that are beneficially owned and offered by the selling security holder. The number of shares issuable upon conversion is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances.

(3)
Assumes that all of the notes and/or all of the common stock into which the notes are convertible are sold.

(4)
Includes any position, office or other material relationship which the selling security holder has had within the past three years with Duane Reade Inc. or any of its predecessors or affiliates.

(5)
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. will beneficially own approximately 1.3% of our common stock, assuming conversion of all of the selling security holders' notes and based on the 23,947,742 shares of common stock outstanding as of October 24, 2002.

(6)
KBC Financial Products (Cayman Islands) will beneficially own approximately 1.2% of our common stock, assuming conversion of all of the selling security holders' notes and based on the 23,947,742 shares of common stock outstanding as of October 24, 2002.

        See the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 6 of the prospectus to read about factors you should consider before purchasing the notes or our common stock.

        Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the prospectus or this prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.




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