Food prices

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.

An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.
One of Leket Israel’s Logistics Centers: An economic endeavor

The food Israel wastes each year could feed a country, so why doesn’t it?

Chicken Thighs at NIS 7.90: Gimmick or the Start of a Consumer Revolution?

Unusual move: The chain selling fresh chicken thighs for less than NIS 8 per kilogram

A shopper buys fruits and vegetables at a local market in Aix-en-Provence, France, January 16, 2025.

Cultivated food and advanced tech: How can the world fight food price surges? - opinion


Hashachar Ha'ole chocolate increases in price by 10%

Hashachar Ha'ole raises prices on chocolate, cocoa, and baking chocolate by 8%-10% due to significant increases in raw material costs.

Hashachar Ha'ole

The drastic increases did not escape us: Mey Eden jumps the prices

Market factors: The company is on the shelf and has an interest in showing an increase in revenues - potential sale of Mey Eden spurs price hikes.

Mey Eden Water dominates the water market with sales of approximately NIS 222 million in 2023 and a market share of approximately 38%

Grapevine: Synagogue seating

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The Great Synagogue

Record heat hits Israel: Soaring food prices and climate change challenges - opinion

Israel's record-breaking heat is pushing food prices higher. Learn how climate change is impacting agriculture and what needs to be done.

 THE WRITER speaks at an event at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC.

Historic food import reform allows for greater competition in Israeli market

Israel's Health Ministry approved a reform to align food imports with European regulations to reduce costs and increase competition; experts caution about immediate impacts and costs.

 Israelis sorting food and produce with Leket Israel.

Osem announces price reduction, primarily in breakfast cereals

Osem has informed retail chains that starting in August, it will reduce the list price of several products, primarily in its breakfast cereal line, by 8%-15%.

 Osem plant in Shoam

June brings price hikes in multiple sectors for Israeli consumers

"Since the start of the war, the big food companies have raised prices by dozens of percent," said a lobby group.

 A cart laden with groceries.

IFCJ partners with Leket to combat food insecurity in Israel

IFCJ donated $42,247, to make the project possible, which funded the purchase of the truck as well as additional support related to adapting the vehicle for food distribution.

Dedication of Food Truck Highlights Multi-Agency Partnership In Fighting Hunger

Why does a cup of coffee in an Israeli hospital cost NIS 19?

Coffee, sandwiches, or pastries sold in hospital cafeterias are significantly more expensive than in other locations. The Knesset Health Committee will begin monitoring these prices.

 Shaare Zedek hospital.

Strauss, Cola, and Tnuva: Will Israel's food prices keep rising and why? - interview

While Eizenberg cautioned that it is very hard to know what may happen in the future, he predicts that the likely scenario is that prices will continue to rise in the next few months.

A Tnuva truck enters the company's logistic centre in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, Israel May 22, 2014.