Food prices

The market is open for competition: The move expected to lower sheep cheese prices

Israel to drop sheep cheese tariffs and open market to competition, while providing millions in direct support and quota compensation to local farmers.

Sheep's milk cheeses.
An Iranian woman shops in a local market in Tehran, Iran, April 28, 2026

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

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


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.

December 2023 Consumer Price Index records a 0.1% decrease from November

Noteworthy declines were recorded in fresh fruits and culture and entertainment (2.2%); clothing and footwear (1.8%), and furniture and household equipment (0.7%).

 An illustrative image of a graph going down.

From shelves to labs: Israeli food execs talk trends and challenges in 2024

Israeli food sector executives emphasize resilience, job security, and innovative strategies amid ongoing geopolitical challenges.

FRESH PRODUCE is stacked in a store in Jerusalem’s Mahaneh Yehuda market

Discounts on healthy food lead to increase in consumption - study

Previous research has shown that decisions to purchase specific food items are primarily based on taste and cost.

 Fruit and vegetables in a supermarket.

Pitchon Lev CEO calls for price controls in face of rising food prices

Among those affected are impoverished families, whose struggles have only increased since the beginning of the conflict.

 CEO of Pitchon Lev Eli Cohen