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Farmers halt milk supply in protest of Smotrich’s dairy industry reform

Numerous supermarkets across the country posted signs limiting the number of milk cartons each shopper could purchase as shelves ran low.

Israel faces milk store stock shortage as dairy farmers halt milk deliveries. Febuary 2, 2026
RITZ cracker.

New on the shelf: A quality suitcase, a crunchy cracker, and Eden Fines’s brand

Chayal Chayelet chocolate.

A sweet hug for IDF wounded: Chayal Chayelet chocolate returns to the shelves

CowFree

Suddenly, you can have coffee after meat: Strauss’s CowFree opens new menus


Israel's Strauss to raise prices of snack, dairy foods by 2.9%

The company attempted to hold out against the cavalcade of price increases sweeping the Israeli economy for the past year, but has finally bent.

 THE STRAUSS Elite candy factory in Nazareth.

Israeli food-tech innovations to serve a future of responsible cuisine

INNOVATION AFFAIRS: A festive meal ahead of next week’s foodtech conference addresses the future of responsible cuisine.

 CHEF ORIEL KIMCHI from Popina.

Strauss’s fall from grace came from a chocolate mess

CONSUMER AFFAIRS: Following a mass recall, a damning health report, a stock drop and a factory fire, the food behemoth may be unstable enough for its rivals to claim some market share.

 THE STRAUSS Elite candy factory in Nazareth.

Strauss Elite's inaction on salmonella is a betrayal of Israel - opinion

They knowingly permitted poison in their products. They did not know how much poison.

 OFRA STRAUSS is flanked by top Strauss Group executives Giora Bardea (right) and Eyal Dror at a news conference regarding salmonella in their chocolate products, at Strauss headquarters in Petah Tikva, last week.

Health Ministry findings: Pigeons in Strauss plant but no Food Safety Manager

In recent months, maintenance work had been carried out in the production facility, parallel with the continuation of the chocolate production.

 View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nazareth, Northern Israel, after salmonella was found in a few of their products, on April 28, 2022.

Strauss expands recall as 10-year-old hospitalized with salmonella

"We will not take any risk and will bear all the costs as is expected of us," said the company as all Elite, Energy, gum and toffee products are recalled.

 Illustrative image of an Elite chocolate bar.

Health Ministry faces criticism over Strauss recall delays

An investigation into the production facility has now been launched and is being overseen by the Food Service department at the Health Ministry.

 Strauss products seen on supermarket shelves shortly after company announces recall, April 25, 2022.

How did salmonella spread in the Strauss production facility? - analysis

Salmonella thrives in moist, warm environments such as drains, floors, and processing equipment, making a food production facility the perfect environment for it. 

 Salmonella bacteria, a common cause of foodborne disease, invade an immune cell.

Chocolate leaves stores as Strauss reports salmonella contamination

A report from Calcalist alleges that the company has known about the contamination since last week, yet only reported on it today.

 Illustrative image of an Elite chocolate bar.

Israeli foodmaker Strauss says US delays may hit 2022 results

Strauss, a maker of snacks, food and coffee with an Israeli market share of 12.4%, last month said it posted a 2021 profit of 639 million shekels on a 7.4% rise in revenue to 8.7 billion shekels.

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