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WHAT STORES DID WITH MATZO THIS YEAR ISN'T KOSHER PASSOVER: JEWISH SHOPPERS FACING SHORTAGES OF HOLIDAY FLATBREAD.(News)

Article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Article date: April 23, 2008

Byline: Brandon Lowrey

Staff Writer

Each year, Jewish families look forward to playing "hide the matzo" during Passover, when adults hide a piece of the holiday flatbread in the home and give a prize to the child who finds it.

But this year, adults are the ones who are asking: Where's the matzo?

Partly due to decisions by Costco and Trader Joe's not to carry matzo -- and a bit of stockpiling by shoppers who bought up supplies early at Vons, Ralphs and some other supermarkets -- a number of California communities ...

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