Supermarket

Matzot, vegetables, and a washing machine: Passover 2026 marks a new era of Israeli consumerism

The pre-Passover shopping season begins, highlighting a key trend: Expensive and complex products, led by electrical appliances, are rapidly moving into food retail chains.

"Consumers are shifting from category-based buying to choosing what’s cheapest, closest, and most convenient."
Getting Ready for Passover Cleaning?

Passover wallet battle: The most cost-effective supermarket chain ahead of the holiday

Danone PRO Berry Layers Yogurt.

New on the shelf: Dubai Halva and Danone Protein Yogurt

An illustration of an Israeli supermarket.

Supermarket tourism: Gen Z travelers skip landmarks for local aisles


Second ‘Hatzinor’ low-cost supermarket opens in Rishon Lezion

The supermarket is able to offer reduced prices on key products by avoiding costs associated with overhead, branding, and marketing.

 Shelves carts in a supermarket

Carrefour launches private meat brand, restaurants want it too

Exclusive Report: After launching the "Le Marché" meat brand, Carrefour received inquiries from restaurateurs expressing great interest.

 Carrefour's Le Marché meat brand

Regulator indicts Victory, Yochananof CEOs over price fixing

Victory CEO Eyal Ravid and other top Israeli supermarket executives face criminal charges for alleged cartel arrangements and price manipulation following a major competition authority investigation.

 People shop for milk products at the Shufersal Deal supermarket in Katsrin, Golan Heights, on November 28, 2022.

Operation Half price at Hazi Hinam: 40% sales surge and dozens of half-price deals

Hazi Hinam launched a major sale with 50% off 700+ products, boosting sales by 40% and drawing customers nationwide. Discounts cover food and personal care items.

 Hazi Hinam

Food chain surprises: "We will absorb the VAT increase"

Carrefour announced it will absorb the VAT increase on 1,700 private label products, including food, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, and fresh meat, chicken, and fish.

 Carrefour Dizengoff Center. The 80th branch in Israel

Australian scientists boost quantum sensors using supermarket grapes

Traditionally, materials like sapphire have been used in quantum sensing devices.

 Australian scientists boost quantum sensors using supermarket grapes.

The supermarket chain decides: Opening on Saturdays too

Spar will open its Kfar Saba branch on Saturdays and expand to Tel Aviv, following the recent dissolution of the partnership between franchisee Amit Ze'ev and billionaire Yitzchak Mirilashvili.

 Spar Israel

SodaStream's experiment: Replacing a thousand bottles with one device

In an innovative campaign, SodaStream highlights its role in reducing plastic by replacing crowded supermarket shelves with a single device offering an eco-friendly and cost-effective solution.

 SodaStream Israel CEO Shlomi Bechor with Noa Rozin

It's not just the price: The supermarket mistake and its cost

We examined factors influencing consumer choices, finding Shufersal as the leader and Wolt Market as the fastest-growing online player.

 Shufersal continues to lead as the strongest and most beloved brand among consumers in Israel. Pictured: Supermarket cart

How Shufersal is confusing you: The mystery behind the price hike

Supersal is discontinuing its private label, raising prices, and says "XPO products are not copies."

 Supersal