Dor Alon price comparison
Dor Alon runs convenience shops at fuel forecourts, which is a different kind of shop from a supermarket altogether: open late, close to the road, and generally dearer per item. The interesting question is not whether it costs more but by how much, and on which products the difference is small enough not to matter. Scanning a barcode and comparing against the food chains answers exactly that.
Where the chain came from
The shops belong to the Dor Alon group, an energy company listed in Tel Aviv that runs a network of filling stations. The group also controls the AM:PM convenience chain, and the entity publishing these prices is its retail arm.
How the prices reach us
This chain publishes its branch prices on a shared price-publication site, where most of the publications we read also sit. The price shown is the last one we have read for the branch you picked.
The chains' price sites, listed by the Consumer Protection Authority
What you can do in the app
- Scan before you pay, so you know what the convenience is costing.
- The same product at a supermarket a few minutes away can carry a very different price.
- A slip road is not where the signal is good, and the list works there anyway.
Sources
Common questions
Why is a convenience shop more expensive?
A small shop, long opening hours and higher running costs. It is part of what availability costs.
Are convenience shop prices published too?
Yes, where the chain falls under the publication duty. We read the same source the supermarket prices come from.
Who runs the Dor Alon shops?
The publication comes from Dor Alon's retail-site management arm, the retail side of the fuel group. That is why the prices here are forecourt-shop prices rather than supermarket prices.