Sainsbury’s, one of the biggest supermarket chains in the UK and world, entered Egypt market in 1999. They had 103 branches. They exited Egypt after getting massive losses. Although their prices were relatively cheaper, they were rumoured to be Israeli/support Israel.
Nope. No point in storing > 256 or even 128 chars for a password anyway. Useless storage wasted. Also it doesn’t really mean they store the password badly in the server.