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Price of dairy products to rise sharply next week
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Milk for sale at a Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on July 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The prices of dairy products will rise sharply next week, the Agriculture Ministry announces.
From May 1, a raft of milk products that are subject to government price controls will rise by 16%.
A 1-liter carton of 3% milk will jump from NIS 6.23 to NIS 7.23, while a 250-gram tub of soft white cheese will rise from NIS 4.98 to NIS 5.77.
A 200-millimeter sour cream will now cost NIS 2.81, up from NIS 2.4.
Dairy prices in Israel are a sensitive issue and have sparked reactions that often snowball into mass demonstrations against the high cost of living. In 2011, the so-called cottage cheese protest sparked weeks of social unrest that resulted in supermarkets lowering dairy prices and policy reforms aimed at lowering consumer prices.
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