Supermarket

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.

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.
Shopping in the supermarket.

Supermarket chain sold at valuation of around NIS 680 million

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

A branch of the Victory Supermarket chain

Supermarket aisles seen quieter than expected ahead of Rosh Hashanah, despite NIS 500m. spent


Ahead of the holiday: Shoppers are not rushing yet, but supermarket prices are already rising

Two days before Rosh Hashanah, retail chains report weaker-than-usual customer traffic and are cutting back on deep discounts.

"You do not feel the holiday yet."

NIS 10m. branch: The supermarket chain aiming to conquer central Israel

KingStore invested NIS 10m in its Rosh Ha'ayin branch to lead expansion. CEO Majdi Ketany says the company hopes to launch an IPO at the end.

King Store Rosh Ha'ayin.

Where will you find the cheapest Rosh Hashanah shopping basket?

Survey shows 35% gap between cheapest and most expensive baskets ahead of holiday.

A NIS 577.18 gap for the exact same shopping basket.

The hidden cost of back-to-school sandwiches: Supermarket price differences revealed

From jars of chocolate spread to ketchup and yellow cheese: Differences of tens of shekels between chains for items children eat daily, showing how to save hundreds of shekels a year on the lunchbox.

When two, five, or ten shekels accumulate on each item, a family’s annual lunchbox bill looks completely different.

Amiram Levin brings GreenOnyx to wider market through Tiv Taam

Maj. Gen. (res.) Amiram Levin invests in Israeli agritech start-up GreenOnyx, partnering with the Tiv Taam chain to bring its once-exclusive super-vegetable to the mass market.

Tiv Taam branch in Tel Aviv.

LEGO next to Cornflakes: Shufersal enters the toy market - is it really worth the price?

Shufersal enters the LEGO market in 90 branches and online. A price check against KSP and LEGO stores found Shufersal cheapest for three of four sets.

Shoppers pick groceries at the Shufersal Deal supermarket in Katzrin, Golan Heights.

Quiet Shufersal moves raise question: Do store brands actually save consumers money?

While Carrefour builds a brand under its global name, Shufersal is quietly creating specialized house brands for each product category.

Dairy products in a supermarket

Cottage cheese crisis expands to white cheese

A malfunction in Tnuva's warehouse has been paralyzing supply for months. German experts are refusing to arrive due to the security situation, and the public is emptying supermarket shelves.

Supermarket cheese shelves, June 18, 2026

Record avocado season: Prices expected to drop to NIS 5 per Kilogram

A record avocado harvest of 300,000 tons is expected to boost exports, increase global competition, and push Israeli prices sharply lower.

Avocado harvesting.

Austrian Nazi-era concentration camp site to become Lidl supermarket

According to the Mauthausen Guides, around 400 women were interned in the camp during World War II, 194 of whom were Russian protective-custody prisoners.

A Lidl Supermarket is seen on May 11, 2026 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.