As many of you know, I live in Southern Spain, cradle and origin of the best olive oil in the world. My family has been growing olive trees and oil for centuries, but now, the whole community is suffering the cruel impact of the worldwide crisis.
Our green gold can only be sold for some cents/kg and the intermediaries gain all the money in the transactions and sales as they put it in the market. One litre of extra virgin oil is paid here at about 90cents and then you can buy it in the shop for about €3,50 or €4 (of course, mixed with lower quality oils). The farmers cannot bear the situation any more: the money they need to grow the olives and extract the oil is not gained.
Our village association of farmers is trying to sell the oil of this campaign directly to shops and big chains of stores to avoid intermediaries and gain the money they need to survive. The deal is the following: they sell the oil at higher prices but lower than intermediaries offer to the stores, so that both ends benefit.
Besides, the extra virgin olive oil of this year is supreme, that is, SUPER EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL of 0% acidity (pure gold, pure gourmet for kings and queens) due to climate conditions of past months. The quality is no way even nearer to what you can find in the stores.
It is because of this that I (representing my father and my village and taking advance of my little English mastering) am looking for a food sales representative or chain store manager who may be interested in the product. I know the States is a big country with a great food market and people may want to buy quality product and eat healthy.
Do you know any person to whom I could speak? I think it\'s a great opportunity to get extra virgin oil at very low prices. It\'s not a matter of gaining money, it\'s a matter of surviving.
Thx dudes
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