The Definitive Guide to Living in the Capital , Cairo , Egypt

Ramadan boxes have always been a life-saver that can serve many purposes, saving time and effort. Whether you use it for food throughout the month or to help others, a Ramadan box combines various ingredients.

Here’s a list of the biggest supermarkets in Cairo, providing Ramadan boxes with their contents and prices so you can get what you need at the cost you prefer. We recommend getting the Ramadan box early on as prices may vary over time, and options might be limited.

Carrefour

Carrefour offers two options for Ramadan boxes: the El-Kheir box at EGP 169, which contains rice, sugar, ghee, salt, and pasta, and the El-Karam box at EGP 399, which includes oil, ghee, tea, rice, sugar, pasta, lentil, black-eyed peas, red sauce, and coconut.

Awlad Al-Othaim

Awlad Al-Othaim provides its El-Kheir box at EGP 149, which includes oil, tea, sugar, rice, pasta, and red sauce.

Kheir Zaman

Kheir Zaman has a Ramadan bag for EGP 175 and an El-Kheir box for EGP 260. The Ramadan bag contains oil, salt, sugar, rice, pasta, and red sauce, while the El-Kheir box contains oil, ghee, salt, sugar, tea, rice, and pasta.

Kazyon

A Ramadan Box at Kazyon costs EGP 215 and contains oil, ghee, salt, sugar, tea, rice, pasta, noodles, and red sauce.

El-Fergany

The supermarket has an El-Kheir box at EGP 125 containing ghee, sugar, tea, rice, pasta, and dates. It also provides an El-Baraka box at EGP 235, which includes oil, sugar, beans, lentils, rice, pasta, red sauce, dates, and Qamar El-Din.

Metro Market

Metro Market has its El-Kheir box at EGP 280, including ghee, oil, salt, tea, rice, pasta, and red sauce.

Seoudi

Seoudi has two sizes of El-Kheir boxes, and the small El-Kheir box costs EGP 175 and contains oil, sugar, tea, rice, pasta, and red sauce. The family-size box costs EGP 550 and includes larger amounts of the same ingredients, dates, raisins, and Qamar El-Din.

Panda

An El-Kheir box at Panda costs EGP 190 and includes oil, salt, sugar, tea, rice, pasta, and red sauce.

BIM

The El-Kheir box at BIM is priced at EGP 220 and contains oil, sugar, tea, lentils, beans, rice, pasta, and red sauce.

Gomla Market

Gomla Market offers its El-Kheir box at EGP 193, containing oil, ghee, sugar, rice, pasta, and dates. It also provides a Momtaza box for EGP 560, which includes corned beef, beans, tea, raisins, and Qamar El-Din.

Oscar

Oscar provides a Ramadan bag at EGP 160 containing oil, salt, sugar, beans, rice, and pasta and the El-Kheir box at EGP 185, which has the same contents and dates.

Hyper One

Hyper One has an El-Kheir box at EGP 225, which contains oil, ghee, sugar, beans, rice, pasta, and red sauce, while the big box contains double the amount of El-Kheir box with additional lentils and dates at EGP 350.

Government Outlets

The government outlets provide many Ramadan box options ranging from EGP 125 to EGP 560, depending on contents, availability, and area.