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Thread Author: CGNorwich Replies: 9
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New Fri 27 Sep 24 13:23 
 Oil Crisis - CGNorwich
Bought a litre of olive oil this morning - £11! Seems there’s an international shortage.

Just checked the bottle - it’s not even a litre - only 750ml!
Last edited by: CGNorwich on Fri 27 Sep 24 at 13:27
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New Fri 27 Sep 24 17:48 
 Oil Crisis - Biggles
I guess you don't buy it that often then. Last year's harvest sent the price rocketing.
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New Fri 27 Sep 24 18:01 
 Oil Crisis - CGNorwich
The good news is that it is apparently set to fall as Spanish harvest is good this year.
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New Fri 27 Sep 24 20:40 
 Oil Crisis - martin aston
We only use olive oil for dressings so a bottle lasts ages. We don’t do much frying but when we do we use rapeseed oil. It’s cheaper, British sourced and more stable than olive when heated.
I can’t recall our most recent prices paid but LIDL is a lot cheaper than Waitrose and seems good quality.
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New Fri 27 Sep 24 20:50 
 Oil Crisis - sooty123
Same here, 1L of rapeseed is about a fiver.
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New Fri 27 Sep 24 22:29 
 Oil Crisis - legacylad
I’ll check out prices in Spanish supermarkets…I’ve been told that ‘Stardrops’ is not available in uk, but is in Spain.
Is that true ?
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New Sat 28 Sep 24 12:53 
 Oil Crisis - neiltoo
>> ..... ‘Stardrops’ is not available in
>> uk, but is in Spain.
>> Is that true ?
>>

Maybe, but don't cook with it!

8o)
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New Sat 28 Sep 24 13:10 
 Oil Crisis - Bromptonaut
A couple of years ago there was a mustard crisis in France. The wholegrain stuff my OH likes was limited to one jar per customer but in practice it was never even on the shelf.
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New Mon 30 Sep 24 11:44 
 Oil Crisis - legacylad
Driving back Competa > Moraira (CBlanca) on the scenic motorway route skirting North of Granada.
Hotel services/ cafeteria selling locally produced Extra Virgin olive oil @ €19.90 for 2 litres… plastic jars, home made labels. Bought a couple as did my Spanish Residencia friends whom I was with.
I’m assuming that’s cheaper than supermarket prices, and nice to support a local producer near Guadix.
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New Mon 30 Sep 24 16:31 
 Oil Crisis - Fullchat
Isn't the olive harvest season back end of Sept/ Oct ? In Greece once the season was over hotel staff moved on to olive harvesting.
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