May 5, 2017 | Australia, Marketing, Olive business
At Freshfield Grove olive orchard near Richmond in southern Tasmania, Glenn and Fiona Makowski are looking at value-adding to their product. The Makowskis are relative newcomers to the olive industry and, by their own admission, have been on a huge learning curve....
Apr 27, 2017 | Australia, Marketing, Olive business
The New Market Expansion Program is designed to assist Tasmanian enterprises in planning and implementing marketing activities related to developing new international and national markets. Assistance is available to SMEs with a sales turnover of $300,000-$20,000,000,...
Apr 20, 2017 | Australia, Courses/Education, Marketing, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Olives SA is running a bus tour to the Fleurieu Peninsula on May 7, experiencing olive harvesting, processing and bottling. Running from 9am-5pm, the program also visits the Finniss region, joining the Nangkita Olives open day (above). Food and beverages are included...
Apr 20, 2017 | Australia, General Olive News, Marketing, Olive Oil News
Olive oil cellar door café owner Donna Scopelliti from Varapodio Estate says locals as well as tourists should become more familiar with the experiences available to them in Sunraysia. Mrs Scopelliti and her husband, Joe, grow olives on their property at Buronga in...
Apr 20, 2017 | Australia, Awards, Competitions, Events, Marketing, Olive business
The national Food & Beverage Industry Awards reward best-practice and innovation in food and beverage manufacturing, large and small. A new category for 2017, Paddock to Plate, celebrates companies sourcing product direct from the producer and maintaining...
Apr 12, 2017 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Marketing, Olives and Health
Years ago, I had some warts on my hand. When they disappeared, I wondered what I had eaten differently at the time. It turned out to be a 12-ounce jar of stuffed olives that I consumed after work with a drink and crackers over about a week when I had run out of...