Business / page 413
Sep. 19, 2010
Interview with Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman's
In 1982 Ari Weinzweig opened a small sandwich shop in his college town. Today, Zingerman's is a $36 million "community of businesses" that happens to sell a lot of olive oil.
Sep. 19, 2010
Using MRI to Measure Fatty Acids in Olive Oil
Scientists from a Spanish university have discovered that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can identify fatty acids and other metabolites present in foods such as olive oil and cheese.
Sep. 13, 2010
Biggest Season Ever for Spanish Olive Oil, Farmers Unimpressed
Sales of Spanish olive oil set new highs, but hold the celebration. Prices stayed below production costs for the second consecutive season.
Sep. 8, 2010 Business
Aug. 31, 2010 Australia / NZ
Aug. 30, 2010 Europe
Aug. 28, 2010 Business
Aug. 26, 2010 Europe
Q&A with Hidamet Asa, Chairman of Turkish Olive Giant Marmarabirlik
Aug. 24, 2010
Uruguay Inaugurates Breakthrough Lab for Olive Oil Evaluation
To ensure Uruguayan olive oil meets IOC criteria, the project will also fund a tasting panel accustomed to the sensory qualities necessary for international certification.
Aug. 24, 2010
Community in Spain Collects Used Olive Oil to Make Soap
An innovative program seeks to reuse the leftover quantities of various oils used in Spanish cooking and convert them to soap and other useful purposes.
Aug. 18, 2010
Andalucía Shores Up Olive Oil Cooperatives with 4.38M Euros
The Andalucían regional government handed out incentives to a number of Spanish cooperatives in an effort to transform and strengthen southern Spain’s olive oil sector.
Aug. 18, 2010
Severe Winter Damages San Juan Olive Plantations
The cold weather in San Juan, Argentina over the past weeks is similar to 2007 when nearly 70 percent of the province's olive groves were lost due to the drop in temperature.
Aug. 16, 2010
New Eco-Friendly Olive Oil Mill in Lleida
The new highly-advanced mega-mill can function without interruption and has the capacity to process around 350,000 kilos of olives daily to produce 2 million kilos of olive oil per year.
Aug. 13, 2010
Argentina Advises Bolivia on Olive Oil Production
"We wanted to create cooperative ties with our sister republic Bolivia because we felt that we had accumulated experience that we could share." Jorge Ortiz
Aug. 12, 2010
Andalucían Olive Oil Producer Courts Booming Chinese Market
The Andalucían ministry hopes to facilitate the introduction of Spanish olive oil brands that have yet to penetrate the Chinese market as well as consolidate the position of existing brands there.
Aug. 4, 2010
Lawsuit Targets Olive Oil Brands Denounced in Davis Study
The lawsuit is the latest development in the unfolding aftermath of the Davis study which was financed, in part, by olive oil producers in California.
Aug. 2, 2010
Grupo SOS Signs Distribution Deal in Japan for Bertolli Olive Oil
Grupo SOS is optimistic about its already strong olive oil business in Japan and the company has forecast a 5 percent market share increase in the next decade.
Jul. 31, 2010
AEMO Report: Traditional Olive Oil Cultivation No Longer Profitable
The report offers data from a number of industry experts to conclude that the rising costs of olive oil production are higher than the market prices.
Jul. 30, 2010
Q&A With Mustafa Tan, National Olive Oil Council of Turkey
Our goal is to bring all segments of the industry together, find solutions for the problems, and make our country’s olive industry succeed to the throne where it deserves to be.
Jul. 28, 2010
Cold Press: The Media Pile-On After the Davis Olive Oil Report
The Davis report's bashing of imported olive oils has enjoyed the kind of viral publicity only eye-grabbing headlines like "That Olive Oil's No Virgin" could achieve. But is it fair?
Jul. 28, 2010
Workshops in Chile Seek to Improve Olive Oil Production
The program will seek solutions for current problems facing the Chilean olive oil sector such as low levels of production and poor handling of the pruning process.
Jul. 27, 2010
IOC Weighs in on Davis Olive Oil Study
"Owing to the lack of data and the methodology applied, this study does not provide solid evidence that the oils tested do not meet US and international standards" - IOC
Jul. 26, 2010
An Increase in the Trading of Olive Oil Futures
The trading of olive oil futures on the Spanish MFAO exchange market rose 54%.