Olive oil scams are proliferating: How to spot a fake extra-virgin?

[ad_1] Olive oil shortages and skyrocketing prices have created the perfect breeding ground for fraudulent producers ADVERTISEMENT If you order extra-virgin olive oil at the restaurant these days, you better…

Hero Bread switches to olive oil

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — Low-carb bread brand Hero Bread has reformulated its bread, buns and tortillas to feature olive oil. The olive oil replaces canola oil and seed oil, the…

Olive Garden owner Darden beats earnings estimates, hikes guidance as sales climb

[ad_1] An Olive Garden restaurant in Fremont, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Darden Restaurants Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on September 21. Bloomberg | Getty Images…

Olive oil price skyrockets as Spanish drought bites

[ad_1] The Nuestra Señora del Pilar cooperative, through which hundreds of Jaén olive farmers produce their oil, is the biggest factory of its kind in the world. However, it only…

Spanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as shoplifting surges

[ad_1] In Spain, the world’s biggest olive oil producer, supermarkets are locking up bottles of the staple cooking oil as prices surge and theft increases. One-litre bottles of extra-virgin olive…

As price of olive oil soars, chainsaw-wielding thieves target Mediterranean’s century-old trees

[ad_1] SPATA, Greece — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree…

Cooks Beware: Olive Oil Is Getting a Lot More Expensive

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) L’ALBI, Spain—Just off Central Park, chefs at one of New York’s hottest Italian restaurants are pondering how to handle surging prices for a vital…

Croatia holds annual World Olive Picking Championship

[ad_1] Which country has the best olive pickers? Well, Croatia held its World Olive Picking Championship to find out. ADVERTISEMENT For the sixth year in a row, olive pickers gathered…

Why Olive Oil Is So Expensive Right Now

[ad_1] There is something different lately about the olive oil Michelle Spangler buys, bottles and infuses with flavors like basil and blood orange for her store in Dallas. It’s not…

Spain hit hard by rising price of olive oil

[ad_1] Drought and extreme heatwaves have halved Spanish olive oil production. The price at origin has increased by 112 per cent since last year. ADVERTISEMENT Olive oil is one of…