Archive for May 8th, 2008

08 May

Olive oil: a liquid market

Paul Levy notes that Italian olive oil output is declining and prices seem to be going up. Are recent EU regulations actually helping? A few weeks ago I received an alarming email from Armando Manni who makes what is certainly the most expensive olive oil in the world, and the one that a great many […]

08 May

SOS Cuetara declines comment on interest in Unilever’s olive oil Bertolli

SOS Cuetara SA. declined to comment on its possible interest in acquiring international food manufacturer Unilever Plc.’s Italian olive oil brand Bertolli, as reported in Italy’s daily Il Sole 24 Ore. The newspaper also flagged Nutrinvest of Portugal as a possible buyer. SOS bought the Friol Italia oil brand from Unilever for 33.25 million euros […]

08 May

Unilever mulls €600m sale of Bertolli olive oil

By Robin Pagnamenta, Unilever, the maker of Marmite and Magnum ice cream, confirmed today that it was considering the sale of its Bertolli olive oil business as it reported a 7.2 per cent rise in first quarter sales. The Anglo-Dutch company, the world’s third largest maker of consumer goods, said it was considering a range […]