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


As cost of living rises, we must keep all Israelis fed - opinion

Asked if the food aid agencies were exacerbating the problem of food insecurity by giving fish instead of rods, I almost lost it because only those who have never struggled for food could ask this.

 LEKET ISRAEL provides hot meals.

Who is afraid of inflation?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Israeli inflation has crossed 4%, reflecting rising global prices of both finished goods and raw materials. This doesn’t mean price rises should be accepted fatalistically.

 PEOPLE SHOP at the Rami Levy supermarket in Modi’in.

Israel's gas prices to drop NIS 1.25 in August, Liberman announces

Furthermore, the 16% rise in electricity prices that was announced on Wednesday will instead be 8.6%, the finance minister said.

 Illustration image of a man fueling his car at a gas station, in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2022.

Rami Levy to open discount department store network

Exterior of Rami Levy HaShikma Marketing supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, Israel.

Lapid should cut down the cost of living in Israel - editorial

As we approach another election, it seems increasingly apparent that the cost of living has become a major campaign issue, if not the most important one.

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid at Sunday's cabinet meeting, July 17, 2022.

Econ Ministry director-general: Prices will drop due to reforms

Dr. Ron Malka states that other American and European retail chains besides Carrefour, which is French, are poised to enter the Israeli market.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

What is Israel's next election about? The cost of living - comment

The reason the current state won't change is that the government, the retailers, the hoteliers, and the restauranteurs can get away with it.

 Milk for sale at the Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on July 17, 2022.

Israel, Kazakhstan host meeting on trade and economic cooperation

Israeli Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov discussed the possibility of importing wheat and flour to Israel, among other economic cooperation opportunities.

 The 9th meeting of the Israel-Kazakhstan Joint Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation took place earlier today (Tuesday, July 12th, 2022) in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Import reform plus competition could hurt Israeli manufacturers - opinion

A real opening of the Israeli market to international competition could adversely impact manufacturers’ profits. Here's how:

Textile business 311

Israel Elections: Who cares about Israeli voters? - opinion

Let’s take stock of where we – those who will be voting once again on November 1st – stand in relation to what we require as against that which we receive.

 ISRAELIS SET UP tents last month on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, to protest against the soaring housing prices in Israel and social inequalities.