Newsletter March

The third newsletter already

In this monthly newsletter we will take you through recent developments and you can read what else we have planned for the coming period.

Price increases

Let's start with the least pleasant news, and then it will become more and more pleasant. Despite the sharp increase in purchasing costs, we were able to keep our prices the same for a year, deviating from market trends . As of May 1, we will implement a small increase on a number of products. We want to remain a healthy and sustainable company in the coming years and our customers will also benefit from this.

Now also Organic Extra Virgin

We have good news for lovers of organic products. Frantoio Battaglini's Antica Tuscia series is now available in the online store. This consists of products that are grown and produced entirely in accordance with European requirements for organic agriculture .

Extra Vierge Di Bolsena and the variants with herbs produced from it are also produced sustainably and with a lot of love and care for nature. However, there are no checks on the products used and therefore the label "organic" may not be used. From cultivation onwards, manual picking, pressing, filtering and filling are completely identical for all products. Between pressings of the different series, all materials are completely cleaned to prevent any mixing and to guarantee the purity of the organic series.

At this time, the rules and laws for organic farming are not yet mandatory, but the Battaglini family is convinced that investments must be made now in order to continue to enjoy nature and the products that arise from it in the future. , such as the delicious extra virgin olive oil. The investments in extra sustainable production are reflected in a small price difference of the Antica Tuscia organic extra virgin compared to di Bolsena extra virgin.

More sustainable packaging

Actually, it was a customer who got us thinking about packaging. The 1 liter and 5 liter cans have been in our range from the start. What do you do if you want to order 3 liters? The obvious option is to order 3 cans of 1 liter. This also means 3 cans for recycling after use and 3 cans for cost price calculation when packaging. This can be done much more sustainably by offering a 3 liter can and we are now doing that for both Di Bolsena and Antica Tuscia. In this way we make an additional contribution to sustainable packaging and recycling.

Participation in international competition

We already wrote about this in our previous newsletter. Little has changed, but we would like to keep you informed because it is so exciting. This month we will actually hand in the samples and we will have to wait and see how the experts will assess them. We of course hope that we will finish high, you will hear it as soon as we know more.

Another restaurant added

Of course, our customers also regularly visit their favorite restaurants. Then it is nice to discover that every month there are new occasions and chefs who work with our delicious products. Last month we found the owner of restaurant De Illusion in 's-Hertogenbosch willing to join us. We are of course happy with that and we hope that our customers will find their way to this beautiful catering facility. In any case, we wish the visitors and the owner a pleasant time.

We are in discussions with a large and well-known fish specialty store about the use of our organic extra virgin oil. The owner will conduct various thorough tests to assess the quality and usefulness of our olive oil. Extremely exciting, we are secretly counting on a good outcome and a new, pleasant collaboration.

Ongoing developments

We are continuously working on improvements to our offering and the way we present it to our customers. That is why we have made minor adjustments to the menu structure in the online store, so that you can find the right information even faster and make the smartest choices. We also occasionally post new photos of products that are of better quality or contain more information for our visitors.

The quality, findability and reliability of our store is partly determined by the reviews we receive from our customers and visitors. We naturally encourage anyone who is satisfied to let us know via, for example , Trustpilot and Google . Please also let us know if you are less satisfied or see opportunities for improvement. We like to learn from everyone and any honest input.

Finally

We invite you to contribute to our newsletters and publications with your own ideas, recipes and comments via the contact button in the menu or under the blogs .

Wim and Arie wish you a healthy, pleasant and successful time!