Rising price of raw materials, stuck containers and delays in delivery: this is how the price of falafel jumped

In the shadow of a protest over the cost of living, the national dish has climbed to prices we did not know.

The owners of the stalls claim that their hands are tied in the face of the wave of price increases, and customers are forced to purchase their favorite dish, which should be accessible to every pocket, at a price that is close to the cost of a business lunch.

"It hurts us, but there is no choice"

Uri Sela, Yoav Itiel, Eli Ashkenazi, Bini Ashkenazi, Yael Friedson and Nofar Friedenberg

17/02/2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

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In the video: Michel Jamal talks about the rise in falafel prices following the rise in raw materials (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

A portion of falafel for 20 shekels and even 25?

Sounds puzzling but the stall owners have an explanation that brings us back to the wave of price hikes.

Stuck containers, delays in deliveries and rising prices of raw materials are some of the reasons that are heard again and again among the stallholders of the national dish, which reaches a record price of 25-20 shekels.

So where else can you find a reasonably priced dish and why has the price gone up so much?

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Raw materials

• The first and foremost explanation heard among restaurateurs is the rising price of raw materials.

  According to them, the significant increase was in the prices of disposable dishes, chickpeas, tahini, vegetables and oil.

• This, the sellers claim, with the addition of an increase in gas, water and electricity bills leading to a rise in prices that ultimately rolled into the customer's price.

And why is the price so high after all?

Another recurring explanation heard among stall owners is a delay in product deliveries.

This is due to stuck containers and existing shortages in the market.

In the end, raising prices due to shortages is understandable, but in combination with the expensive prices anyway, the cost soars to a height we did not know and so the national dish that should be accessible to every pocket already reaches almost the price of a business lunch.

• Business Name:

  Falafel Congress

• Location:

  Tel Aviv

• Price per serving:

  25 shekels

• Liron Karoma: "Every day you feel the cost of living. There is a problem with supply, containers that get stuck, packaging products that do not arrive, a problem with sea transport and all this is ultimately rolled into market shortages and rising prices. Governments for generations And talk about it.

• A portion of falafel currently costs us 25 shekels.

  There have been no such increases in the past.

  A portion cost 20-17 shekels.

  We try to absorb as much as possible but we have no choice and when we can not it rolls to the customer. "

Liron Karoma (Photo: Walla !, Nofar Friedenberg)

• Business name:

  Falafel Avi Shachor Ibn Gvirol

• Location:

  Tel Aviv

• Price per serving:

  20 shekels

• Aviv Levy: "A portion of falafel costs me 20 shekels. In Corona I had a 30 percent drop in sales. The works of the train, the movement of people, all this ultimately leads to the need to raise the price. The minimum wage did not rise and taxes, products and bills rose. I It still sells a portion for NIS 20 and absorbs the increase in price in order to roll over the consumer as little as possible. "

Aviv Levy (Photo: Walla !, Nofar Friedenberg)

• Business name:

  Falafel Elad

• Location:

  Carmel Market, Tel Aviv

• Price per serving:

  17 shekels

• Elad: "I do not blame the government for the decision to raise prices, but for the lack of moves to make sure that it does not hurt the poor. The price increase is understandable, but there should also be an increase in salary and consideration for the weaker classes. , Today we pay 140. The price of sugary drinks has also risen recently.

• Ten years ago we were selling for NIS 13 and today for NIS 17.

  I raised the price of the dish in straight shekels when we returned after the closure, I absorb the majority.

  What to do, falafel should be a cheap pita. "

Elad (Photo: Walla !, Uri Sela)

• Business Name:

  Falafel Michelle

• Location:

  Wadi Nissans, Haifa

• Price per serving:

  20 shekels

• Michel Jamal: "All the prices of the raw materials went up, especially the oil, tahini and vegetables. The one-time prices also went up by 30 percent, so three months ago I also had to raise the price from NIS 17 to NIS 20 per serving. When I started at I sold a dish for NIS 3 in 1980. I wish even today I could sell at this price to my customers. In any case, falafel remains the cheapest food to eat outside, but you will be surprised, there are people whose price deters them. I see it. "They have the new price and some have moved to buy pills, and buy pitas elsewhere, and eat at home. It hurts me."

Michel Jamal (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

• Business name:

  Falafel Ilan

• Location:

  Jordan Street, Tiberias

• Price per serving:

  19 shekels

• Ilan Hadad: "The price of a dish has risen from 18 to 19 shekels with us because of the rise in the price of raw materials. The most significant rise in prices was for vegetables. This year is a shemita year and I at my stand adhere to imported vegetables "The price of eggplant, for example, is twice as much. A kilogram of eggplant costs me NIS 12 and before that the price was NIS 6."

• Business name:

  Shlomi Chai

• Location:

  Katamonim neighborhood, Jerusalem

• Price per serving:

  22 shekels

• Shlomi Chai: "When I opened the store in 1989, a portion of falafel cost 3.5 shekels - all the raw materials were cheaper. Chickpeas then cost one and a half shekels per kilo and today cost 17 shekels. Jerkin oil then cost 24 shekels and today 122 shekels per jerkin. "Corona prices have gone up and we had to raise prices because we also have to make a profit."

• Business Name:

  Falafel Shay

• Location: Jordan Street, Tiberias

• Price per serving:

  20 shekels

• Shai: "The price of a falafel dish has risen from NIS 18 to NIS 20. A few months ago, there was an increase in the prices of oil and tahini, and the price increase is inevitable."

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