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Re:Why don't we get our drinking water from the ocean by tak... by laurencerowe on Monday July 24, 2023 @03:50AM (#36844348)
> Olive oil from California is also much cheaper than Olive Oil from Italy.

Where do you buy cheap Californian olive oil? Whenever I’ve seen it for sale (rarely) it’s always a more premium product available only in medium sized glass bottles while Italian olive oil is available in large plastic containers.

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Re:Why don't we get our drinking water from the ocean by tak... by lazide on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:17AM (#36848387)
Ah hah, the marketers are at it again.

If you go to Safeway.com, there are clearly a couple different ‘markets’ or sub-verticals in olive oil. Glass bottle ‘fancy’, plastic jug ‘bulk’, and large metal jug/tin ‘medium fancy bulk’.

Looking at the sub-categories, it it seems like Italian extra virgin is typically about 2x in price of Californian equivalents within a given sub-category, but there are some Californian brands coming close to equivalent.

Like Californian wines vs French.

Each sub-category for oil has its equivalent of 2 buck chuck of course.

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