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Sunday, June 21, 2015
UPDATED PRICES: Price Controlled Foods
New prices for some breads went into effect recently (June, 2015). I decided to republish the entire list with the new bread prices for your convenience.
Here's a quick rundown of what you need to know about government price controls on food in Israel:
The price listed is the MAXIMUM price for the specified item - in theory, a store can discount it further, if they want to.
If a store is selling price controlled items for a higher price, they are in violation of the law. You can (and should) report these violations to the regional supervisor.
Here are the items that are supervised, and the maximum price to consumers:
(The prices shown below are for the entire country, excluding Eilat. Eilat is exempt from Ma'am, so prices there will be lower.)
Lechem Achid (I believe this is about 65% whole grain) - 750g loaf, 5.11
White bread, 750g loaf, 5.11
Challah or yeast cake, 500g, 5.31 (was 5.58) (don't ask me what kind of yeast cake this is referring to, I have no idea!)
Lechem Achid, sliced and packaged, 750g, 7.30 (was 7.67)
White bread, sliced and packaged, 500g, 6.49 (was 6.82)
Regular Kitchen Salt, Fine Kitchen Salt, Fine Table Salt, and Coarse Table salt, 1 kg, 2.09
3% milk, 1 liter, bag, 5.30 1% milk, 1 liter, bag, 4.95 3% milk, 1 liter, carton, 6.30 1% milk, 1 liter, carton, 5.90
Eshel, 4.5% fat, 200ml, 1.65 Gil, 3% fat, 200ml, 1.52 Sour Cream, 15% fat, 200ml, 2.44 Sweet Cream, 38% fat, 250ml, 6.60 Butter, regular, 100g, 4.13 Emek Cheese (at the cheese counter),per kg, 45.45 Gilboa Cheese (at the cheese counter), per kg, 43.14 Gvinah Levana (white cheese), 5% fat, 250g 5.11
XL eggs, regular, 1 dozen, 13.20
L eggs, regular, 1 dozen, 12.10
M eggs, regular, 1 dozen, 11.20
Do you ever see stores overcharging? Have you ever made a report to the supervisory board?
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Thanks for this Ester. I don't see stores overcharging for the basic product but when one local, smaller supermarket slice the Emek cheese and put it in a plastic carton, they at about 50% on to the price. In Supersal it's the same price whether you get it sliced or grated. So watch out for that trick.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip. I believe that it is only price controlled when you buy it directly from the cheese counter, so be sure to do that!
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