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Israeli shoppers spend NIS 459 million ahead Rosh Hashanah

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC · How we work

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Israeli shoppers spent nearly NIS 459 million on card payments Friday morning ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
Credit-card purchases rose 2.7% from NIS 446.77 million in the same period last year.
Supermarket aisles were unusually quiet as shoppers bought early or flew abroad, a branch manager said.
The peak minute at 10:56 a.m. recorded over NIS 3.44 million in 18,000 transactions.
Avocado prices jumped 44.3% while retailers offered fewer deep discounts as profit margins tightened.

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Israeli shoppers spent nearly NIS 459 million on card payments Friday morning ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
Credit-card purchases rose 2.7% from NIS 446.77 million in the same period last year.
Supermarket aisles were unusually quiet as shoppers bought early or flew abroad, a branch manager said.
The peak minute at 10:56 a.m. recorded over NIS 3.44 million in 18,000 transactions.
Avocado prices jumped 44.3% while retailers offered fewer deep discounts as profit margins tightened.