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<pre>Constantine-
Have just joined the list and am delighted to be receiving all the posts. I
have a few questions. I am working with some students at the Fuqua School of
Business (I am an alumna) who are writing a case study on olive oil. I do
this as part of a volunteer commitment to the school. I do not know a lot
about olive oil (except as a rabid consumer). I am learning more that I'd
ever imagined from your list.
Who are the largest buyers of olive oil (domestic and imported) in the USA?
I understand that the marketplace is divided fairly evenly between retail
(bottled) sales and bulk imports (shipping containers). Also, where can I
get import information to the USA so I can understand market shares of
exporters to the USA.
Second, I understand that the producer supports in the EU will be ending in
a few years or so. What effect do these price supports have on the world
price of olive oil at present and how will an end to these support affect
the market? I also read that there are some people in Spain who are
starting up a futures exchange for olive oil. What effect do you think this
will have.
Should I post this to the list? If so, how do I do that. Sorry for the
technical questions. I am a new lurker.
Wendy Rowe
Durham, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: Constantine Alexander <
PapaAlexander@yahoo.com>
To: <
OliveOil@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [OliveOil] Re: World Directory Listing.
> Dear John:
>
> Thank you for your letter which you submited to me via
> e-mail through the Olive Oil eGroup.
>
> I assume that you do not have my e-mail address to
> write to me directly and that is why you tried this
> indirect way of contacting me. It is surprising
> because I am one of your clients since I have paid
> your requested fee in order to have my site listed in
> your directory.
>
> Frankly, I had not been aware of an international
> directory existing in your web site. I am aware of a
> United States olive producers and sellers directory
> that is part of your very informative site. If I had
> been aware of your directory, I would have gladly
> given you public credit as I did with Mr. Meigovel who
> first gave me this idea. I thanked him publicly in our
> egroup at which time I stated my intentions which were
> to provide a directory of olive farmers around the
> world and at no charge or cost to anyone. A short time
> later, Mr. Meigovel was kind enough to respond to me
> in our egroup, and apparently he, too, was unaware of
> your directory at that time based upon what he wrote
> to everyone.
>
> I am very sorry that you are under the wrong
> impression that we have "cut and pasted" information
> from other sites. I believe that a careful reading of
> what we have written will reveal that our words come
> directly from our love of good food, my Mediterranean
> background about which I have warm feelings and rich
> memories and a respect for those who have made these
> things possible.
>
> Once again, thank you for your letter and I wish you
> the best in your worthy endeavors. Your site is truly
> one to be proud of.
>
> Very truly yours,
>
> Constantine
>
> ---
jdeane@home.com wrote:
> > Constantine:
> >
> > I would argue with you that there is no U.S.
> > informational site for
> > foreign olive oil. As you are perfectly aware, we
> > have had a free
> > international directory on our site for the last 3
> > years. We have
> > extensive listings on cultivars, pressing
> > information, olive recipes,
> > culture, health information, etc. Much of the
> > information on your
> > new "expanded" site seems to be suspiciously similar
> > to what we have
> > had listed for years, down to the same picture under
> > olive oil art.
> > We have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars
> > promoting olive oil
> > internationally on the internet and in other media
> > without any real
> > benefit as our main business is not imported oil.
> > Much of our
> > content is original as opposed to your un-attributed
> > content cut and
> > pasted from other sites.
> >
> > We are the largest and most active olive oil
> > informational site on the
> > internet with the highest satisfaction rating from
> > search engines
> > such as Ask.com
> >
> > For international listings, please visit
> >
http://www.oliveoilsource.com/associations.htm If
> > you would like to be
> > included, please email us. The listing is free, as
> > is the individual
> > web pages for every U.S. producer.
> >
> > We also have a free sister site for producers
> > wishing to broker bulk
> > olive oil:
http://www.bulkoil.com
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > John Deane
> > The Olive Oil Source
> > 390 Vista Grande
> > Greenbrae, CA 94904
> > (415) 461-6267 voice
> > (415) 461-1815 fax
> >
http://www.oliveoilsource.com
> >
jdeane@oliveoilsource.com
>
>
> =====
> Constantine Alexander
>
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