ShelfSight Stories
Price movements, basket comparisons and practical shopping insights grounded in ShelfSight data.
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
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
ShelfSight’s latest supermarket data shows upward pressure across several flour products in Kenya, with tracked increases ranging from KES 24 to KES 102. Some individual flour listings became cheaper, but several everyday maize and wheat flour products moved in the opposite direction.
7 Sept 2026
ShelfSight’s latest supermarket data shows significant price reductions across several Basmati rice products, with individual cuts ranging from KES 65 to KES 580. Sunrice recorded the largest visible reduction, while Guru, Pearl and Daawat products also became cheaper.
7 Sept 2026
Milk has become harder to find on some supermarket shelves, with both fresh and long-life options affected. ShelfSight’s latest data shows very few milk products getting cheaper while several tracked listings are moving upward.
1 Sept 2026
ShelfSight detected Ajab price increases across all six tracked retailers, with individual product moves ranging from KES 2 to KES 25. The broad-based movement suggests a brand-level price shift rather than an isolated retailer adjustment.
1 Sept 2026
ShelfSight data shows wide differences in supermarket price ranges. But a higher median does not always mean a retailer is simply more expensive — assortment size, brands and product mix can change the picture dramatically.
1 Sept 2026