Food prices

CBS: Apartment prices in sharp decline, rent skyrockets

The CPI for June remained unchanged, completing a moderate annual increase of 1.6%. Concurrently, overall home prices recorded a sharp monthly decline of a full percent and an annual drop of 2%.

Apartment prices continue to fall.
Avocado harvesting.

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

Fatal blow to the Israeli mango industry

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

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

The annoying truth behind the illusion of the low dollar


Milk prices rise by 9.28%, increase to double over the next three years

Smotrich proud of cutting the price hike in half, neglects to mention that the other half will eventually come into effect, per his deal with dairy manufacturers.

 Milk prices are set to rise by more than 9%.

Smotrich’s last-second push to curb Israeli dairy price hike breaks industry agreement

The move may lead to a shortage of certain dairy staples in Israel as the Jewish holiday of Shavuot approaches.

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with bereaved families in the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Smotrich blames former gov’t for upcoming 3% rise in milk prices

In explanation of the price rise, the Agriculture Ministry has highlighted the war in Ukraine as a primary cause.

 People shop for groceries at the Shufersal Deal supermarket in Katsrin, Golan Heights, on November 28, 2022.

Pakistan posts highest-ever annual inflation, stampedes for food kill 16

The inflation number was the highest ever year-on-year increase recorded by the statistics bureau since monthly records began in the 1970s.

 People stand in queue to receive charity food handout, during the fasting month of Ramadan, along a road in Karachi, Pakistan March 30, 2023.

Israelis expected to waste one quarter of all food bought for Passover

According to a recent study conducted by Leket Israel, a total of 250,000 tons of food, valued at NIS 1.9b, is expected to go unused during Passover.

 VOLUNTEERS SORTING and packing fresh, rescued produce at Leket Israel, to be distributed to Israelis in need throughout the country.

Meat shortages in Israel: Passover's around the corner, but the meat isn't

People in Israel should expect to see shortages of beef and chicken this holiday season as well as rising food prices.

 Black Iron's wagyu beef

High dairy prices may rise up to 16% in May

Why do dairy products cost so much more here than in other OECD countries?

 Dairy products on sale at Machsanei HaShuk supermarket chain, one of Israel's largest privately-owned food retail chains, in the northern town of Katsrin, Golan Heights on September 12, 2022.

Fix Israel's high prices, cost of living with true free-market system - opinion

The real issue in the Israeli market is that it is not a capitalist system but an oligopoly.

 A CUSTOMER shops for groceries at a Rami Levy supermarket branch, in Jerusalem.

How much produce can NIS 100 buy in east Jerusalem? TikTok has answer

Despite a high cost of living and fears of rising food prices throughout Israel, this TikTok seems to show that NIS 100 can buy quite a lot in east Jerusalem.

FRESH PRODUCE is stacked in a store in Jerusalem’s Mahaneh Yehuda market

Israeli import reforms to bring greater variety to store shelves in 2023

Israelis can expect more variety on store shelves in 2023 due to import reforms that hope to increase market competition and reduce the cost of living.

Consumers at a supermarket, illustration