Gaps of hundreds of shekels: the cheapest food chain for online shopping

There is no need to leave the house, look for parking, or visit multiple branches to check where your grocery basket is cheaper. Comparing prices online can save you a significant amount of money, and a check conducted via the Pricez website shows a gap of more than 23% between the cheapest and most expensive chains.

Online shopping has become a simple way for many consumers to save time: you enter the site, select your products, and order them to your home. However, even with online shopping, there are significant price gaps between chains, so before adding items to your cart, it is worth checking how much they cost elsewhere. To this end, we compared the prices of an identical grocery basket across several retail chains using the Pricez website.

The check shows that Rami Levy Online was the cheapest chain, with a basket totaling 845.90 shekels. In contrast, the most expensive basket was found at Shufersal Online, where the same purchase totaled 1,044.06 shekels. This represents a gap of 198.16 shekels, meaning about 23.4% more for the same basket.

One of the largest gaps found in the check was for fresh chicken drumsticks with regular kashrut. At Rami Levy Online, the product was sold for 24.90 shekels, while at Carrefour Online, the price was 37.90 shekels. This is a gap of 13 shekels, which is about 52.2% between the low and high prices.

Another gap was found in the price of pasta. At Rami Levy Online, the product was sold for 5.20 shekels, while at Carrefour Online, the price reached 7 shekels. In this case, it is a gap of 1.80 shekels, or about 34.6%.

We also found a significant gap for Nutella spread: at Rami Levy Online and Carrefour Online, the price was 24.90 shekels, while at Mahsanei HaShuk Online, the same product was sold for 32.90 shekels. The gap in this case reaches 8 shekels, which is about 32.1%.

What should you do before ordering?

The advantage of buying online is that you do not have to settle for the chain closest to your home. You can open several sites, compare the prices of main products, and check if the difference justifies switching to another chain. However, it is important to look at the final price of the entire purchase, not just one or two products: shipping costs, promotions, customer clubs, and minimum order amounts can change the result.

In addition, it is worth checking whether the price appearing on the site is a promotional price and what the conditions of the promotion are. Sometimes a certain product will be significantly cheaper in one chain, but the entire shopping basket will still be more expensive. Therefore, comparing the entire basket, rather than just a single product, can provide a better picture of where it is truly worthwhile to make your purchase.