ShelfSight Stories
Price movements, basket comparisons and practical shopping insights grounded in ShelfSight data.
ShelfSight tracked Ranee Premium Basmati Rice 2kg moving in opposite directions at Quickmart and Naivas over seven days, leaving Naivas KES 151 lower at the latest observation.
18 Oct 2026
ShelfSight’s latest Price Pulse shows tracked grocery prices up 1.0% between 9 Aug and 7 Sept. Sugar rose 1.9% and milk 1.2%, making them the fastest-rising major categories in the latest snapshot.
8 Sept 2026
ShelfSight’s latest Price Pulse shows a 0.8% rise in tracked grocery prices between 3 Aug and 1 Sept, with sugar posting the biggest increase at 2.9%. Milk, flour and cooking oil also recorded upward movement.
1 Sept 2026
Carrefour’s Mumias 2 kg sugar price returned to KES 302 after a dip to KES 279, while Naivas closed at KES 289 on 19 October 2026.
21 Oct 2026
ShelfSight recorded Sunrice Kenya Pishori 5 kg falling from KES 1,397 to KES 969 at Carrefour between 18 and 19 October 2026—a 30.64% drop.
21 Oct 2026
Soko Afya Wimbi/Cassava Flour 2 kg fell to KES 205 and Whole Grain Maize Flour 2 kg to KES 169 at Quickmart in the 19 October observations.
21 Oct 2026
Kasuku Pure White Cooking Fat 1 kg fell to KES 336 at Quickmart while rising to KES 434 at Carrefour in ShelfSight’s 1–8 October observations.
9 Oct 2026
ShelfSight recorded Golden Drop Vegetable Oil 5 L at KES 1,299 on 1 October and KES 1,590 on 8 October at Naivas—a KES 291 increase.
9 Oct 2026
Daawat Long Grain Rice 5 kg moved in opposite directions at Carrefour and Naivas between 1 and 8 October. The closing observed prices were KES 674 and KES 855—a KES 181 gap.
9 Oct 2026
ShelfSight’s latest Price Pulse shows tracked grocery prices up 1.0% from 27 August to 25 September 2026, led by flour at +1.2%, followed by rice at +1.1%, milk at +1.0%, and cooking oil at +0.5%.
26 Sept 2026
A simple request — “I need 2kg maize” — returned options from KES 115 to KES 285 across different brands and retailers. Here’s how Ask ShelfSight turns a shopping need into instant price awareness.
15 Sept 2026
ShelfSight detected sharply different price movements on Rina Vegetable Oil. Naivas reduced its tracked 5L listing by KES 101, while Jaza increased its 5L listing by KES 70 — a KES 171 swing in price movement between the two retailers.
12 Sept 2026