When David (Dada ) Knafo remembers back to the early 1980s when he opened his small grocery store in the center of the southern city of Netivot, a big smile appears. Nostalgia picks up his spirits: "Thirty years ago it was different here, everyone came to my store, it used to be much better," said Knafo. "Before all these [supermarket] chains, the grocery stores worked without a break, anyone with...
Supersized supermarkets invade tiny Israeli desert town of Netivot
City of 30,000 has seven large supermarket branches with at least two more on the way.
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