What shakshuka costs in Israel: nine supermarkets compared
Shakshuka for two cost ₪14.70 at Rami Levy, or ₪7.35 a serving, at prices from 20 October 2026. Of the nine chains where every ingredient could be priced, Rami Levy was the cheapest and Keshet Teamim the dearest, at ₪19.53. The prices are the ones chains are required by law to publish.
Shakshuka for two cost ₪14.70 at Rami Levy on 20 October 2026, which is ₪7.35 a serving: the lowest of the nine chains where we could price every ingredient. Shufersal came next at ₪16.19 and Mahsanei HaShuk at ₪16.21, while exactly the same pan came to ₪19.53 at Keshet Teamim.
How we worked it out
The prices are the ones Israeli supermarket chains are required by law to publish, as they stood on the morning of 20 October 2026. For each chain we take the price most of its branches charge, and we count only products we have confirmed as the right ingredient: ordinary tomatoes, medium (M) eggs, plain dry onions.
A recipe never uses a whole pack of anything, so we charge only the share that goes into the pan: four eggs from a tray, a tablespoon of tomato paste from a tin, a teaspoon of cumin from a bag. Salt and black pepper are left out. The one exception is parsley: two tablespoons of chopped leaves cannot be turned into a share of a bunch, so every chain is charged for a whole bunch. If the totals are wrong at all, they err on the high side.
We read prices from ten chains. At Victory we had not yet confirmed a parsley product, so its total was incomplete and it is left out of the ranking.
The recipe
The full method, step by step and with timers, is on our shakshuka recipe page, with today's cost at every chain.
The full ranking on 20 October 2026
- Rami Levy: ₪14.70 (₪7.35 a serving)
- Shufersal: ₪16.19 (₪8.10)
- Mahsanei HaShuk: ₪16.21 (₪8.11)
- Yochananof: ₪16.70 (₪8.35)
- Osher Ad: ₪17.02 (₪8.51)
- Carrefour: ₪18.22 (₪9.11)
- Tiv Taam: ₪18.52 (₪9.26)
- Hazi Hinam: ₪19.27 (₪9.64)
- Keshet Teamim: ₪19.53 (₪9.77)
Where the money goes
Eggs and tomatoes account for more than half the bill. At Rami Levy, four eggs came to ₪3.73 and five tomatoes to ₪4.14, together ₪7.87 out of ₪14.70. The next biggest line is the bunch of parsley at ₪3.20, so it is worth using the rest of it in a salad the same day. The olive oil, garlic, paprika and cumin together cost less than ₪2 a pan, because only a little of each goes in.
Here are the prices of the four main fresh ingredients at every chain on 20 October 2026:
| Item | Carrefour | Hazi Hinam | Keshet Teamim | Mahsanei HaShuk | Osher Ad | Rami Levy | Tiv Taam | Victory | Yochananof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| egg | ₪13.13per pack | ₪13.13per pack | ₪13.13per pack | ₪19.69per pack | ₪13.00per pack | ₪11.20per pack | ₪13.13per pack | ₪13.13per pack | ₪13.13per pack |
| tomato | ₪7.90₪7.90 per kg | ₪8.90₪8.90 per kg | ₪9.90₪9.90 per kg | ₪7.90₪7.90 per kg | ₪8.90₪8.90 per kg | ₪6.90₪6.90 per kg | ₪7.90₪7.90 per kg | ₪9.90₪9.90 per kg | ₪7.90₪7.90 per kg |
| bell pepper | ₪9.90₪9.90 per kg | ₪5.90₪5.90 per kg | ₪9.90₪9.90 per kg | ₪10.90₪10.90 per kg | ₪7.90₪7.90 per kg | ₪9.70₪9.70 per kg | ₪8.90₪8.90 per kg | ₪9.90₪9.90 per kg | ₪7.90₪7.90 per kg |
| onion | ₪5.90₪5.90 per kg | ₪2.90₪2.90 per kg | ₪4.90₪4.90 per kg | ₪5.90₪5.90 per kg | ₪4.90₪4.90 per kg | ₪4.90₪4.90 per kg | ₪4.90₪4.90 per kg | ₪6.90₪6.90 per kg | ₪4.90₪4.90 per kg |
Prices on 20 October 2026. These figures do not change; today's prices are on the recipe pages.
A few things stand out. A tray of 12 medium eggs cost ₪11.20 at Rami Levy and ₪13.13 at most of the other chains. Tomatoes ranged from ₪6.90 a kilo at Rami Levy to ₪9.90 at Keshet Teamim and Victory. Hazi Hinam had the cheapest onions (₪2.90 a kilo) and red peppers (₪5.90 a kilo), yet came eighth for the dish as a whole: its tomato paste could not be priced by the spoonful, so the whole pack is counted, and its tomatoes and parsley were dearer.
What about the rest of the trolley?
Broadly, the picture is the same. The Bashlu basket index prices the same 30 everyday items at every chain each month. In October 2026, the 22 items that every chain stocks came to ₪168.64 at Rami Levy and ₪230.48 at Tiv Taam.
- Rami Levy₪168.64Cheapest
- Osher Ad₪180.937% more than the cheapest
- Shufersal₪183.909% more than the cheapest
- Yochananof₪189.6812% more than the cheapest
- Hazi Hinam₪202.0620% more than the cheapest
- Mahsanei HaShuk₪202.1020% more than the cheapest
- Keshet Teamim₪202.5520% more than the cheapest
- Carrefour₪205.9122% more than the cheapest
- Victory₪221.2031% more than the cheapest
- Tiv Taam₪230.4837% more than the cheapest
Chains are compared on the 22 of 30 items that every one of them stocks; the totals cover those items only.
The full table, chain by chain, is on the basket index page.
What it means for your shopping
- At any of the big chains, shakshuka cost between ₪7.35 and ₪9.77 a serving, so it remains one of the cheapest proper meals you can cook.
- The gap between the cheapest and the dearest chain was ₪4.83 a pan. Cook it twice a week and that adds up to roughly ₪500 a year.
- Eggs and tomatoes alone make up about half of that gap.
Prices on 20 October 2026. Current prices are on the recipe page. Soon you will be able to price your own shopping list at each chain in the Bashlu app.