Editing Convenience store (section)

===South Africa===
In [[South Africa]]'s black [[township (South Africa)|townships]] ''spaza shops'' sell small goods, often out of the proprietors' homes. However these businesses face competition from large chain stores.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/safrica-retail-spaza-idINL6N0N74GY20140420|title = South Africa's "spaza" shops suffer as big retail rolls in|newspaper = Reuters|date = 20 April 2014}}</ref> Spaza shops owned by immigrants have also become a source of tension in townships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/sahrc-slams-soweto-parliament-spaza-shop-directive-as-xenophobic-20210813|title = SAHRC slams 'Soweto Parliament' spaza shop directive as xenophobic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/south-africas-spaza-shops-how-regulatory-avoidance-harms-informal-workers-130837|title = South Africa's spaza shops: How regulatory avoidance harms informal workers| date=24 February 2020 }}</ref>

In white, [[Indian South Africans|Indian]] and [[Coloureds|Coloured]] areas, the ''corner cafe'' (called a ''tea room'' in Durban) is a convenience store. In white areas these were often owned by Southern European migrants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sapeople.com/2018/08/20/trevor-romain-remembering-the-corner-cafe/|title = Trevor Romain: Remembering the Corner Cafe in South Africa|date = 20 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="Rissik 2011 p. 177">{{cite book | last=Rissik | first=D. | title=CultureShock! South Africa: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette | publisher=Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited | series=CultureShock! Series | year=2011 | isbn=978-981-4398-66-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YfOIAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA177 | access-date=14 April 2022 | page=177}}</ref> These cafes are being superseded by convenience stores that are part of fuel service stations.<ref name="Nurse Verrijdt 2003 p. 64">{{cite book | last1=Nurse | first1=J. | last2=Verrijdt | first2=C. | title=Laugh it Off Annual: South African Youth Culture | publisher=Double Storey Books | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-919930-44-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zAXg9lPBcMC&pg=PA64 | access-date=14 April 2022 | page=64}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2015-07-07-the-last-corner-caf-in-cape-towns-city-bowl/|title = The last corner café in Cape Town's city bowl}}</ref>