How to Find the Best Olive Oils Nearby

Summary

The NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition reveals win­ning brands each year, many of which can be found on the Best Olive Oils Marketplace in the United States or through the new Best Olive Oils Retail app, which helps users locate award-win­ning olive oil brands at retail loca­tions in their areas. The app allows retail­ers to select the award-win­ning brands they carry, pro­duc­ers to iden­tify where their oils are sold, and fea­tures such as geolo­ca­tion, user reviews, com­ments, and noti­fi­ca­tions of nearby award win­ners are planned for future updates.

Each year when the results of the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition are revealed, the hunt for the win­ning brands begins.

Many of the awarded extra vir­gins can be found on the Best Olive Oils Marketplace from the pro­duc­ers, importers and retail­ers who stock them in the United States.

But for those who pre­fer not to order online, live out­side the U.S. or sim­ply want to buy olive oils from a local mer­chant, find­ing one of the world’s best olive oils can seem like look­ing for a nee­dle in a haystack.

The NYIOOC unveiled this week the beta test­ing ver­sion of its Best Olive Oils Retail app to help peo­ple every­where find award-win­ning olive oil brands at retail loca­tions in their areas.

Retailers can log in to the app to select the award-win­ning brands they cur­rently carry and pro­duc­ers can iden­tify where their oils are sold. Geolocation assists users in search­ing for nearby win­ners.

Curtis Cord said the app is another impor­tant step in the ulti­mate mis­sion of the NYIOOC. ​“We’re always look­ing for new ways to get these excel­lent prod­ucts into the kitchens where they deserve to be,” said the NYIOOC pres­i­dent. ​“The retail app is one more tool to help con­sumers find and buy great olive oils.”

Cord added that the app is in active devel­op­ment while pro­duc­ers and retail­ers start to add their brands. New fea­tures will be intro­duced such as user reviews, com­ments, and a mobile app with noti­fi­ca­tions of nearby award win­ners.

“An award-win­ning olive oil is a dia­mond in the rough,” said Cord. ​“People need help find­ing high-qual­ity brands, and these excep­tional pro­duc­ers need to be found.”