Price Compare

September 2, 2007 - 2:30 PM by

One of Israel’s Hebrew language dailies recently ran a price compare column showing what it costs Israelis versus Europeans versus Americans to buy products or pay for services. The compare column ran under the title: “Israel is Cheapest”.

What and how much?

Inner city transport (i.e. bus ride)
- Israel: $1.30
- U.S.: $1.95
- France: $2.10

A cup of Coffee
- Israel: $2.50
- England: $4.60

A kilo (2.2 pounds) of tomatoes
- Israel: 75 cents
- U.S. : $4.50
- England: $3.90

Bratz Dolls
- Israel: $60
- U.S.: $30
- England: $44

Looking at these figures I thought of two things:

1) Salaries in Israel are generally half what they are in, say, the U.S. So the price compare should be broadened to factor that in.

2) I want to know where the people who conducted the survey get their coffee, Bratz Dolls & tomatoes because I’m clearly not getting the real deal.

Tags: • Category: Business, Israeliness, Life 

Comments

2 Comments on Price Compare

  1. Nicole on Sun, Sep 2nd 2007 3:20 PM

    2. Right – the more accurate surveys usually say how many minutes someone earning the average wage of the country has to work in order to buy X (this not only takes into account the salaries, but also the tax rates)

  2. David-Joe on Mon, Sep 3rd 2007 3:05 PM

    3. On the coffee front – the smallest Starbucks plain coffee costs $1.75 and the largest, which is I think 20oz is 1.95 [$2.11 with NY sales tax].

    Tomatoes – depends where one shops. In pokey Manhattan a shopper will pay twice as much as say in southern Brooklyn.

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