must be willing to cough up the money, so the seller must be stupid as not to take advantage of that.
Real enemy is the lack of real competition and cartel-like importer market.
Just STOP PAYING their bloody inflated prices!
Who should do that?
The very people that CAN AFFORD paying, without even blinking.
Obviously there're enough of those around, otherwise nothing would be as unreasonably expensive as it is, in our "shitty, little country"!!!!!!!!!!!! :-))
Just remember what they did to Pizza-prices in the good old USA!

Tip : Buy grapefruit at 3 shekel a kilo (about 7-9 shekel for 4 grapefruit).
Open them all up, take out the fruit and put in to refrigerator in a container
It keeps for a week - if I don't eat it all in a few days.
We buy only bananas, grapefruit and apples, lately.

GROWING UP IN ISRAEL IN THE 1960'S BASIC FOOD WAS CHEAP. WE ATE CHICKEN ONLY FOR HOLIDAY. I NEVER SEEN BEEF UNTIL I MOVED TO AMERICA. BREAD,. VEGETABLES, OIL SUGAR, FRUITS, EGGS, DAIRY WERE REGULATED BY THE LABOUR GOVT AT THAT TIME. THERE WERE POOR PEOPLE OF COURSE BUT NO HUNGRY CHILDREN OR ELDERLY. LAST YEAR VISITING ISRAEL I BOUGHT A CAN OF SPRITE SODA IN HOF ACARMEL CENTRAL BUS STATION I PAID 16 SHEQELS OR $ 4.00. CRAZY THEFT. TO SURVIVE IN ISRAEL AND HAVE BASIC NEEDS YOU NEED AT LEAST $ 3,000 PER MONTH. VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN MAKE THAT MONEY. ISRAEL AFTER ALL IS A MINIMUM WAGE COUNTRY. THE GOVT AND START UP HIGH TECH MILLIONERS SHOULD HELP THE NEEDY. DON'T BECOME AMERICA.

YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO ARE STARVING IN ISRAEL. ONE THING IN AMERICA PEOPLE DON'T STARVE. WE HAVE FOOD BANKS, MANY CHURCHES AND PRIVATE PEOPLE HELP OUT.WE HAVE STORES THAT ALL THEIR ITEMS ARE 99 CENTS. YOU CAN BUY EGGS, BREAD, SOUPS, RICE, PASTA, BEANS COOKIES, AND FROZEN FOOD UNDER ONE DOLLAR.ALSO VITAMINS AND OTHER HEALTH PRODUCTS FOR $ 99 CENTS. SUCH STORES ARE EVERY WHERE.IN FLORIDA, NEW YORK AND ALL OVER THE USA. FOR $ 20.00-$ 25.00 OR LESS ONE PERSON CAN EAT WELL AND NOT WORRY ABOUT FOOD.

Israel becoming more like US. another like Trump will be elected soon.

the size of New Jersey, only 71 years old with "116 billionaires", now 117, some rich cat billionaire just made Aliyah a month ago. Something is not right about the "state" of Israel or this article is just hasbara hasbara after the old wolf in sheep's clothing.

Increase the salaries of members of the Knesset whos already inflated salaries and expense accounts match their overly inflated egos to address the fact that it is quite impossible for an elderly person to live on 3,000 shekels a month- or any person for that matter- seems to be beyond their mental capabilities.
Whilst the public do help and private charities and NGOs do what they can it is first and foremost a governments responsibility to take care of its citizens.The government has always let the wealthy Jew donate to build hospitals,theatres,gardens,schools - its hard to pass a building in Israel without a sign " donated by so and so" and this is fine,and that charities,associations and the public come forward to help the elderly is magnificent but it has become a "norm" in this country and that is distressing.When a person has to think twice before buying an orange or a banana are we really as the government tells us living in a progressive society?when a member of the government thinks first about increasing his or her salary before the needs of the people it represents we have reached a new low.

Young you prepare for when you become old.

You dont fress and drink your way to poverty when you're young and making money.

A government is not your wet nurse.

Their mission is to protect your ass from those who seek to kill you 24/7.

Israel inspite of everything is doing well.

That's the reality.

Look around people living in $1 million dollar apartments. Driving the latest cars and SUV, travelling every God damn shit hole out there and yet we read these monthly poor me agenda driven articles.

Give it a rest..

YOUR ANTI NETANYAHU AGENDA IS PLAINLY OBVIOUS.

Jews have given all to the Zionist cause and this is the best the wealthy elites can offer - constant war and poverty in Israel? The children of the Nazis are living a better quality of life in Germany these days than the children of the Holocaust in Israel. The Jews with billions and trillions of dollars should hold their heads in shame for creating such a poor reality for their own people. Absolute disgrace!

MAKING $ 1000.000 A YEAR FROM DONATIONS IS TOO MUCH. I WILL DO IT FOR $ 50,000 A YEAR.OR EVEN FOR FREE.

What are you talking about 50% off electricity costs?? & no paying of municipal taxes?? You must be dreaming. The only people who get electricity discounts are the people working for the electric company & trust me no old age pensioner works there. Municipality discounts for the elderly are 25% off the total amount, but sure as sure the elderly pay their municipality taxes. Get your facts straight before you post lies.

WHEN I GOT MY USA CITIZENSHIP 45 YEARS AGO I WAS THE HAPPIEST MAN ON THE PLANT. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE ISRAELI CONSULATE IN MIAMI AND CANCEL MY ZIONIST UTOPIA CITIZENSHIP. IT TOOK 6 MONTHS UNTIL IT WAS DONE. PEOPLE ALWAYS WERE MEAN AND NASTY TO ME AND TO MY PARENTS.I NEVER FELT BELONG THERE.FROM 1960 TO 1971 IT WAS PURE HELL FOR A GOOD FAMILY LIKE MINE.ISRAEL IS NOT A COUNTRY FOR NORMAL PEOPLE.IT IS A COLONY WHERE THE RICH USE THE POOR MESSES TO GET RICHER. THERE IS NO EQUALITY.AND EQUAL PLAYING FIELDS. I KNOW YNET WILL NOT PUBLISH THIS COMMENT. TY

WE DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT A COUNTRY WITH SO MANY SUPER WEALTHY PEOPLE.WHO DON'T LIKE TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH.

THE STRAUSS GROUP INCREASES FOOD PRICES ALMOST EVERY DAY. HER WATERY COTTAGE CHEESE AND HUMUS COST MORE IN ISRAEL THAN IN THE STATES. SHE IS ALSO AN EXPERT ON SOCIAL JUSTICE.HER $$$ MAKES HER A GENIUS.I NEVER BUY HER STUFF IN THE STATES ITS NOT AS GOOD AS AMERICAN PRODUCTS.HER CLOSE GIRL FRIEND SHARRI ARISON WHO ESCAPED TO MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA IS PART OF THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY IN ISRAEL. THE GOVT AND BIG CORRUPT BUSINESS DESTROYED THE SPIRIT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN ISRAEL. WHEN I GREW UP IN PETACH TIKVA CLOSE TO SUPER RICH SAVION VILLAGE I SEEN FIRST HAND HOW THE RICH EXPLOIT THE WORKING CLASS EVEN BACK IN 1960'S.MY MOTHER WAS A HOUSE KEEPER.TO A GERMAN JEWS COUPLE.TODAY MORE PEOPLE LEAVING ISRAEL THAN MOVING IN. EQUALITY & ECONOMY MUST BE FAIR TO ALL CITIZENS SO THEY LIVE A GOOD LIFE.

FEED AND TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP. IN AMERICA MANY JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE NEEDY. BUT THEY DO NOTHING. ALL MONEY GOES TO THE BASTARDS WHO RUN THIS FAKE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY DO ZERO BUT ASK FOR DONATIONS.

THE SHELTER CLOSE TO MY HOUSE PROVIDE ALMOST 1000 MEALS A DAY WITHOUT FANFARE. MS ECKSTAIN WHERE IS THE BEEF.YOU HAND IS IN THE COOKIE JAR.

YOU CAN'T HAVE RICH JEWS AND POOR JEWS LIVE IN PEACE TOGETHER.