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jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 5:12 pm Post subject:
No one in the office there at the moment..... but I am certainly going for this.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 5:16 pm Post subject:
Thanks for that, Footprints, I think they may have another sale!

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 05 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Olive oil

franco wrote:

I have done a deal with an olive grower in Italy and have agreed to buy all his oil each year (approx 700 litres) this will be single estate oil of the highest quality, oil like this retails for the equivalent of £40 per litre!! I am hoping to sell this in small quantities but would be willing to sell to forum members at greatly reduced rates this first year to help me cover my setting up costs

How do you go about doing this, Franco? I have thought about doing something similar but have been a bit concerned over the costs of shipping the lot already bottled Vs the practicalities of importing in bulk and then bottling here.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 05 9:40 am Post subject:

There is a company called Oil and Vinegar that have franchised stores about - I know of one in Cheltenham for example and I think there is one in Bluewater shopping mall. I can only find their franchise details on Google https://www.franchise4all.com/franchise4all/IV_oilvinegar.htm

There you can taste oils ( and other things like sauces and balsamic vinegars) and then fill up bottles from large on site containers. Can't remember the prices though.

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 05 9:43 am Post subject:
That is a good idea, if it offers value for money. I seem to remember a discussion about Vom Fass, who have a few stores including Stratford-Upon-Avon and Selfrdges. A nice concept but really expensive.

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 10507
Location: cambridge

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 05 9:49 am Post subject:
There are both von fass and oli and vinegar in the bluewater shopping centre. They aren't cheap but nor are they excessively expensive. Vom Fass at least kind of work in a downsizery manner in that first time you buy a bottle and your oil or vinegar and the you can take them back to be refilled

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 05 9:58 am Post subject:
Well my oil is on order and i have tried to encourage them to stick an advert up on downsizer.

franco

Joined: 05 Nov 2004
Posts: 113
Location: Bolton, Lancashire

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 05 4:10 pm Post subject:
Twoscoops, I am importing the oil in 25 litre drums then having it bottled in fancy bottles over here, to source the oil I visited a few small producers and struck lucky with one of them! Franco

mr olive oil

Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Posts: 53
Location: london

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 3:33 pm Post subject: re olive oil

hi
i have just joined ds and have read some of your articles although they are a little old
if any of you are still interested in good single estate cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
you would be welcome to sample my own produce, all you need do is visit my shop in clerkenwell london
i would certainly consider a decent discount to ds members
you can visit my website if you wish to read my articles re my olive oil and olives from Cyprus or Turkey
regards mem

jema
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 4:12 pm Post subject:
I'd jump at a 2.5 litre jerry can. but if you don't mind a constructive comment p&p cannot be seen anywhere With a DS discount I can see a lot of orders!

mr olive oil

Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Posts: 53
Location: london

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 08 10:58 pm Post subject: Re p and p olive oil

sorry about that, dhl home 48 hours will deliver to the uk a 3kg parcel for £10 this would include packaging, in fact they charge the same price for a parcel weighing 6kg
my price for 2.5 liters of my extra virgin is normally £20 , i can offer downsizer members a special price of £16 plus £10 p&p or for £20 plus p&p i would send you a 2.5 liter container of my oil plus 500gms of my dry cured black olives or for the same price i would send you 2.5 liters of my oil plus 250 gms of my dry cured black olives plus a 300gm bottle of pommegranate mollasses
you are welcome to visit my website www.planetmem.com for any further information you may require
regards mem

Jango

Joined: 08 Sep 2010
Posts: 1

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 10 6:03 pm Post subject:
I buy my bulk olive oil from Mother's Garden in Spain, they deliver to your door via, a network of hubs or groups of friends. Its not cheap cheap but its the best quality extra virgin olive oil and you can get it in 5 litre containers. www.mothersgarden.org

Duckhead

Joined: 24 Oct 2009
Posts: 2069
Location: Up the hill, Italy

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 10 6:28 pm Post subject:
I hate conflict but I would say mine is way better than that Spanish rubbish Fancy a taste off

mr olive oil

Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Posts: 53
Location: london

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 10 9:57 pm Post subject: good olive oil

hi
i have been away for a few months working on my farm in Turkey
what a pleasant suprise to come back and get a write up in the guardian last thursday, titled the test 3 of the best olive oils

the oil i produce on my farm in Turkey labelled chateau carman after my farm came first, here is the link if any one is interested

https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/02/best-olive-oils#history-link-box

the observer last year described us as the best place in the world to buy your olive oil from
there is no secret to producing good olive oil, we pick our olives when they are green turning purple, we take them to the press within 24 hours and we ask the owners of the press to clean there equipment if the last person was pressing manky olives, we also supply them with a box of freshly picked citrus fruits to wipe there equipment down with prior to pressing our olives

we wait sometimes for hours until our olives are pressed and then we take our produce away in new plastic jerry cans

we store these tightly sealed in the cool dark basement area of my farm house until my driver arrives in february march, and transports them to me in the uk where i personally bottle

in this manner i can honestly tell my customers that my oil has not been blended or tampered with and that it is pure unfiltered although in the months from pressing to arrival in the uk the sediment does naturally settle

if any one is interested in my products you can visit my online shop at www.mroliveoil.com, i will only sell you what i am prepared to have on my table
you can also book a stay on my farm where you will be able to see at first hand what goes into looking after the various trees etc

i look forward to hearing from you
regards mem

Last edited by mr olive oil on Wed Sep 08, 10 10:00 pm; edited 1 time in total

lassemista

Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 608
Location: suffolk

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 10 1:19 pm Post subject:
Did anyone take up the Elanthy offer? If so what did you think? I have just looked at their website and they are still going - don't know if the 10% will still apply tho'. Seems quite a reasonable price if it's good. Andrea.

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