Food prices

Iranian worker’s suicide attempt exposes Islamic regime's economic crisis, expert says

A 35-year-old man, one of 20 employees laid off because of wartime conditions, attempted to take his life in Mahshahr after the Labor Department failed to respond to his requests.

An Iranian woman shops in a local market in Tehran, Iran, April 28, 2026
Housing Market.

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

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


Israeli Consumer Price Index rises 0.8%, almost double the forecast

A series of Israeli companies and importers have announced significant price hikes in recent weeks.

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

Carrefour's Israel launch could spark much-needed market competition

Recent import reforms have paved the way for the international retail giant to potentially revolutionize the Israeli market.

 The new Carrefour supermarket opened in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 8, 2023.

Forget judicial reform – make life in Israel affordable - editorial

The issue occupying Israelis’ minds above all others isn’t the judicial reform, personal safety or even Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing downwards at a Religious Zionist Party faction meeting in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

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.