Supermarket

Cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe, one month after similar incident in France

The latest incidents follow an attack in France last month when police said hackers seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets, causing fires and food losses.

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A handful of Swedish supermarkets saw temperatures in their refrigerators and freezers soar early November 2, 2026, two chains said, forcing them to throw away spoiled food three weeks after a similar incident in France attributed to hackers.
View of the closed frozen food aisle at a supermarket near Nantes after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores, France, October 12, 2026.

Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires, spoiling food

Les Mousquetaires, owner of retailer Intermarché, said fridges at around 150 of its stores were heated to 50 degrees Celsius overnight for six hours.

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Shopping in the supermarket.

Supermarket chain sold at valuation of around NIS 680 million

Shuk Hertzel is acquiring the Stop Market chain. The group intends to open 10 additional branches and reach a turnover of NIS 2 billion by the end of 2027.

|ByLIAT RON
A SCENE from Season 6 of the popular Israeli sitcom 'Checkout.'

‘Checkout’ creators discuss Season 6, box office hit, and writing comedy during wartime - interview

Checkout’s sixth season started running in Israel this week (and can be seen on kan.org.il as well as on KAN 11), and a movie based on the series was released over the summer.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Shufersal opens Israel's first autonomous grocery store

The new 1,080 square foot grocery store will allow consumers to skip the lines after shopping, charging them for their items digitally instead.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shufersal's first fully autonomous store cuts the need to stand in line entirely.

Israeli supermarket chain Yeinot Bitan to invest NIS 40m in Carrefour conversion

Yeinot Bitan will convert 20 more supermarkets to the Carrefour brand in the first quarter of 2023.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022ByGALIT HATAN/GLOBES/TNS
The Carrefour logo is seen on a shopping trolley at a Carrefour hypermarket store in Carquefou near Nantes, France January 13, 2021.

The perils of purchasing safe food - opinion

When food is able to be sold without anyone noticing what extra horrifying objects are contained in their bags, the only conclusion is that human oversight is either sorely lacking or non-existent.

AUGUST 31, 2022ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
THE WRITER’S photograph shows the photo and caption that appeared in the ‘Post’ last week regarding Sunfrost frozen food.

Netherlands-based retail chain SPAR to enter Israel

SPAR is the second international retail chain to announce its intention of entering the Israeli market this year.

JULY 25, 2022BySHIRA SAPIR/GLOBES/TNS
Customers walk beneath a company logo for the South African supermarket chain SPAR Group as they arrive at a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 7, 2022.

Rami Levy to open discount department store network

JULY 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Exterior of Rami Levy HaShikma Marketing supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, Israel.

Rami Levy launches orders for businesses

New wholesale business format will allow popular grocery store chain to branch out

JUNE 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rami Levy for Businesses

Former 'Stop & Shop' Chairman Avram Goldberg dies at 92

Avram Golberg, who ran the regional Stop and Shop supermarket chain with his wife from 1985 to 1989, passed away on Sunday ate age 92.

FEBRUARY 3, 2022BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
Avram Goldberg and his wife Carol Goldberg led the regional supermarket chain Stop & Shop for years.

Abercohen to step down as Shufersal CEO amid price fixing scandal

Market sources say, however, that what brought about Abercohen's resignation announcement was the investigation that the Competition Authority began a few months ago of alleged price fixing.

JANUARY 24, 2022ByGLOBES/TNS
A WOMAN pushes children in a shopping cart in front of a Shufersal ‘Sheli’ in Ma’aleh Adumim

Israeli food manufacturer Osem is raising prices - here's why

Until now, harsh media criticism has prevented this from happening. Retail chains have also helped stop such moves, explaining that the timing was problematic.

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByYEHUDA SHARONI
Packages of Bamba - made by Osem - on a shelf in a Jerusalem grocery store on December 29, 2021.

MKs accuse Shufersal, Rami Levy of colluding on food prices

The accusations follow Competition Authority agents raiding the offices of Shufersal and other companies on suspicion of violating competition laws.

NOVEMBER 10, 2021ByZEV STUB
Israeli supermarket chain owner and businessman Rami Levy is seen being thrown out of a Knesset Economics Committee debate after insulting MKs, on November 10, 2021.