Food prices
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.
How to host perfectly at home – without working hard in the kitchen
Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports
The food Israel wastes each year could feed a country, so why doesn’t it?
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.
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.
High dairy prices may rise up to 16% in May
Why do dairy products cost so much more here than in other OECD countries?
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.
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.
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.
More Israelis are poor as gap widens between haves, have-nots
Charitable organizations play a vital role in a country where the cost of living and the gap between rich and poor are large and growing, but experts say a real solution requires government action
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis could be laid off without change
The Manufacturers' Association of Israel has warned that if the situation doesn't drastically change, hundreds of thousands of employees will be laid off.
MK Michael Biton accuses supermarket owners of being 'pigs, tycoons'
Israeli MK Michael Biton took issue with food group owner Rami Levy during a visit to the Knesset, which led to a verbal spat between the two.
From 7-11 to Carrefour: Israel welcomes int'l businesses - editorial
The products offered at 7-Elevens vary worldwide, but the main hope, of course, is that Slurpees will be making an appearance.
