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Deoleo SA, the maker of Bertolli olive oil, told lenders that earnings will rebound this year, delaying the need for new capital, according to two people familiar with the matter. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization is forecast to rise to about 60 million euros ($68 million) this year from 35.6 million euros in…
He’s been acknowledged by many as the greatest modern-day explorer. After becoming the first man (alongside partner Borge Ousland) to travel to the North Pole without the help of a motor or dogs during winter, Mike Horn took a break by summiting a few 26,000-foot peaks in Pakistan. He swimmed the entire length of the…
The House Agriculture Committee decided on Tuesday to take steps to address olive oil fraud in the U.S. as appropriators working on the new Fiscal Year 2017 FDA spending bill called for tests on all imported olive oil.
Olives New Zealand members have a great new marketing tool available, with the launch of new olive oil recipe pads at the recent AGM. The second in the series, the recipe leaflets have proven a great opportunity to upsell products via recipe samples offered at markets etc – one taste and they’re keen to buy…
Olives New Zealand received great news this week, with the approval of funding for the Focus Grove Project via the 2016 round of Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) allocations. The organisation will receive a grant of $35,660 from the government, which boosts strong support provided to the project by member pledges. This support was in fact…
Whether picked on site or sourced from other nearby growers, the first pressing at Taralinga Estate happens almost immediately after picking, so our olive oil contains the highest level of polyphenol antioxidants as possible. This is Taralinga’s second year owning and operating the most modern Pieralisi two-phase press, bottling and labelling service on the Mornington…
A Rutherglen olive grove has taken out the industry equivalent of Olympic gold. Gooramadda Olives won a best in class award at the prestigious New York International Olive Oil Competition recently. Owners Rob and Melanie Whyte won the section with their King Kalamata Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Gelato Messina’s newest venue opens this Wednesday (April 20) – and it already has a Michelin-starred chef’s endorsement. It’s not the gelato that’s exciting here but the references to “finished with a drizzle of Cudgegong extra-virgin olive oil” and “extra drops of locally sourced olive oil …”. These people understand EVOO!
The hot weather at the start of October and some wet and windy days is expected to reduce the amount of olive oil produced by Boundary Bend Limited in north-west Victoria by about 20 per cent this season.
Money really does grow on trees. Well it does if you’re part of the North Perth Primary School’s now-annual harvest of local olive trees. This weekend’s annual production of olives started as a fundraiser but turned somewhat serious when the school’s extra virgin olive oil won a silver medal at the Perth Royal Show.