Food prices

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 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

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

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

UNOX CASA at Nyga Chef FOR HOME.

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


June brings price hikes in multiple sectors for Israeli consumers

"Since the start of the war, the big food companies have raised prices by dozens of percent," said a lobby group.

 A cart laden with groceries.

IFCJ partners with Leket to combat food insecurity in Israel

IFCJ donated $42,247, to make the project possible, which funded the purchase of the truck as well as additional support related to adapting the vehicle for food distribution.

Dedication of Food Truck Highlights Multi-Agency Partnership In Fighting Hunger

Why does a cup of coffee in an Israeli hospital cost NIS 19?

Coffee, sandwiches, or pastries sold in hospital cafeterias are significantly more expensive than in other locations. The Knesset Health Committee will begin monitoring these prices.

 Shaare Zedek hospital.

Strauss, Cola, and Tnuva: Will Israel's food prices keep rising and why? - interview

While Eizenberg cautioned that it is very hard to know what may happen in the future, he predicts that the likely scenario is that prices will continue to rise in the next few months.

A Tnuva truck enters the company's logistic centre in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, Israel May 22, 2014.

Dairy prices to jump 4.48% from May 1 for price-controlled products

Among product prices impacted, the price of one liter of bagged 3% milk will go from NIS 5.94 to NIS 6.21 and one carton of 1% milk will rise from NIS 6.41 to NIS 6.7.

Milk, with a sign reading 'the milk is limited to 2 cartons per customer,' is seen in a Jerusalem supermarket on March 22, 2023

October 7 led to severe loss of agricultural output and growing number of food-insecure Israelis

The outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war has led to an existential crisis for Israeli farmers, as well as for customers and evacuees trying to make ends meet in time for the holiday.

 Israelis sorting food and produce with Leket Israel.

Tiv Ta’am to lower prices before Passover


Black stickers: The government's new plan to shame companies raising prices during war

Economy Minister Nir Barkat called on the Israeli public to boycott Israeli food company Osem for refusing to cooperate with the government over food price rises.

 Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference. June 6, 2023

 Introducing exciting additions to the shelf and the new "Ninja"

From gourmet cereals to convenient beverage boxes, here's everything new on the shelf.

 The new Ninja Speedy, model ON403 for cooking fast meals

Strauss Group to hike prices, lay off 150 workers

The company says that the decision to raise prices follows large rises in prices of raw materials in the past year.

 BAMBA COMING off the production line at a Strauss plant in Sderot.