Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Speculation or what?
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A week ago we were looking at the price of Extra virgin Olive oil in a major chain of International supermarkets. We noted the price (c33 Euros) of one very well known producer and agreed that we would come back on Monday and buy a 5Litre bottle. Over the weekend I needed to measure the levels of Txn oil that I was going to change on my car, so I took the last 5 Litre Olive oil bottle and filled it with water. I marked it off at 1 litre steps. I found that the 5 Litre bottle only held 4.5 Litres. This was the same mark as we were going to buy. On Monday we went back to the super market and found that the 5 (4.5 litre bottle) that we were going to buy had increased by 11 Euros. We decided not to buy it and went to another supermarket we bought a 1 Litre bottle for 7.95.
On Tuesday we went to another supermarket where we buy coffee and saw that the same EV Olive oil was 6.49E a litre, they had no 3 or 5 litre bottles, so we bought 5 x 1 litre bottles.
The following day we were back at the International supermarket (Our local). The 1 litre bottle (same producer and product) was now an unbelievable 11.95 Euros!!!!!!!! Nearly double what we paid elsewhere the day before.
If you use Olive oil, shop around! Btw. We did not try any of the Expat supermarkets.
Good luck and buon apettito!
M