Musamas and sacks to pick up the olives of their garden and make their own olive oil gets more and more citizens, as for a year, the most important ingredient in Mediterranean diet is sold at prices … unhappy for the average household.

In Halkidiki, in the last year, citizens who bring their olive trees to the mill have been doubled and the reasons are economic, as explained by the president of the Rural Association and Table Olive Culture, Christos Tsipelis, at thesestoday.gr.

Citizens are trying to … save what they can, from the more – more disgusting product on the supermarket list, so the once forgotten olive trees in small courtyards and cottages are re -value, according to him.

“From October-November 2023 to the present day, the Thessaloniki who come to Halkidiki have doubled to cultivate the olives in their cottages, on small estates, and even in a small garden, to extract their own oil. And a tree to have someone in their orchard, will bring them. At the price of 15 euros in the supermarket, it certainly interests them, “he describes.

“In mills, the price of oil has now fallen to 5.5-6 euros, while in supermarkets it has not yet fallen. Big companies say they are selling last year, while last year it had no oil. That’s why citizens say “let’s pick up the 5-10 olives I have, and whatever I get out.” Where we saw observed estates, now comes the Thessaloniki who have a 2-3-olive cottage and are convenient. With five trees, one can pull out 2-3 tins of oil. Those who do not have enough olives for a tin leave the olives and get oil at a special price from the producer, ”explains Tsipelis.

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The steadily high prices on the supermarket shelves have resulted in many consumers leaving the extremely virgin for inferior quality, tellsstoday.gr the president of the Hellenic Consumer Workers’ Association Apostolos Rautopoulos

“They cut quality in olive oil, get low quality, or private company that are also expensive, or change chips, depending on what they find cheaper. In addition, olive oils have come out in packages of 250, 500 and 700 ml, just for some meals, ”he notes.

At the same time that the price of olive growers has fallen to 50% from last year, supermarkets still put new price increases. “In some branded olive oils we see increases of 15-30 minutes per liter, this is unjustified,” he says.