Food prices

Summer demand pushes prices up 0.3%, including rent, transportation costs, statistics bureau says

Transportation prices rose 1.4%, and culture and entertainment rose 1.1%, while footwear fell 4.6%, and fresh fruit and vegetable prices declined 3.5%.

Housing Market.
McDonald's Big Mac

Israel jumps to second place globally in Big Mac Index

Apartment prices continue to fall.

CBS: Apartment prices in sharp decline, rent skyrockets

Avocado harvesting.

Record avocado season: Prices expected to drop to NIS 5 per Kilogram


Mango season opens with a 70% collapse in yield – and prices will soar

The 2026 season opens under the shadow of extreme weather volatility that led to severe damage to the blossoming. Despite rigid demand, the low quantities will skyrocket prices in retail chains.

Fatal blow to the Israeli mango industry

The annoying truth behind the illusion of the low dollar

The dollar has plunged to a 30–year historical low and global commodities are cheaper, but food prices in Israel are only skyrocketing.

The shekel has strengthened against the dollar, so why aren't we feeling relief at the supermarket?

Food shortages and rising costs: UN agency warns of global food crisis if Hormuz remains blocked

The closure of the narrow waterway, which normally carries around a fifth of global Liquified Natural Gas supplies, will have a rippling impact beyond the Middle East, Maximo Torero warned.

A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.

How to host perfectly at home – without working hard in the kitchen

From a dishwasher that finishes in 4 minutes to an oven that thinks for itself: How to bring the professional kitchen home and host with ease, without giving up style.

UNOX CASA at Nyga Chef FOR HOME.

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.

An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

The food Israel wastes each year could feed a country, so why doesn’t it?

Leket Israel CEO Gidi Kroch addresses the rising cost of food waste, his solution, and the community that emerged around it. “We provide an economic solution to food loss”

One of Leket Israel’s Logistics Centers: An economic endeavor

Unusual move: The chain selling fresh chicken thighs for less than NIS 8 per kilogram

Carrefour shook Israel’s food market with fresh chicken thighs at 7.90₪/kg, far below competitors. It’s unclear if this is temporary or a long-term strategy.

Chicken Thighs at NIS 7.90: Gimmick or the Start of a Consumer Revolution?

Cultivated food and advanced tech: How can the world fight food price surges? - opinion

By embracing cultivated food and advanced agricultural technologies, we can create a food system that is more resilient, more sustainable, and better equipped to feed the world.

A shopper buys fruits and vegetables at a local market in Aix-en-Provence, France, January 16, 2025.

World food prices at more than two-year high, FAO says

While the cost of some agricultural products is declining, the average global food price has risen by over 6%.

A farmer mows wheat with a harvester in a field near Seligenstadt, Germany, August 13, 2025

Germany, Portugal report cases of bird flu, WOAH says

Germany and Portugal confirmed H5N1 bird flu cases on poultry farms, killing over 1,100 birds as Europe braces for seasonal outbreaks.

 H5N1 bird flu virus reported in Louisiana; illustrative