Australian Olive Industry Survey: Market Perception ~ Part 16

Olive Oil Market Perception Over 53% of respondents are positive about the olive oil market. Table Olive Market Perception Over 41% of respondents are positive about the table olive market. Australian Industry Market   In your opinion what is working well in the Australian industry and/or market? The ability to buy quality fresh evoo from supermarkets…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Olive & EVOO Competitions ~ Part 15

Olive & Olive Oil Competitions 30.95% of respondents perceive olive and olive oil competitions as valuable. 40% of respondents enter their product(s) into olive and olive oil competitions. Consumer questions respondents didn’t know how to answer The best I ever got was: “Do you have any banana-flavoured oil?” A lot! The issue of olive oil…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Product & Supply chain ~ Part 14

Diversity of Product Packaging The most common package sizes are 500mL, 250mL & 20L. Supply Chain Issues 56% respondents don’t have any issues with supply chains.   The respondents who answered no: Yes,yes,and yes Price received – always want lower wholesale prices. Inability to compete with imported product. Bulk price too low. Payment terms for bulk…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Marketing & Sales ~ Part 13

Olive Product Sales Many products are sold locally Olive Product Sales Channels The most popular sales channels are Food Service Industry, Farmer Markets and Online. Olive Products – Labelling Compliance Olive Product Sales – Cellar Door or Tasting Room 22% of Groves have cellar doors with a further 7.4% planning to expand in this area.…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Table Oil Pricing Benchmark ~ Part 12

Producing Table Olives 42.1% of respondents are actively producing table olives and 5.5% are considering producing table olives. Farmgate prices Table Olives Bulk Farmgate prices Table Olives Prepackaged Farmgate prices Table Olives Fresh Fruit Knowing more about Table Olives Respondents stated they wanted to know more about: Curing processes including “Pickling” green olives Something appropriate…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Olive Oil Pricing Benchmark ~ Part 11

Farmgate prices Olive Oil Bulk Farmgate prices Olive Oil Prepackaged 32.1% of respondents are obtaining a price of $25 or more per kg of branded olive oil. Farmgate prices Fresh Fruit 54.6% of respondents are able to obtain higher than $2-$4 per kg.

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Olive Oil Quality ~ Part 10

Chemical Testing for EVOO Over 80% of respondents always pass the chemical testing criteria and 13.5% pass most of the time. Chemical Testing for EVOO – problems meeting quality criteria Respondent gave reasons why they felt they had not passed the chemical testing criteria: We test our own oil as we have purchased the test…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Industry Issues ~ Part 9

Top 10 Issues facing olive groves in Australia The biggest issue facing the Olive Industry: Water & Irrigation (41.8%) Pest & Disease control (35.2%) Marketing (31.5%) Biennial bearing (29.7%) Harvesting Issues (25.5%) Unproductive Varietals (22.4%) Cost of Labour (22.4%) Climate Change/Seasonal Conditions (17.6%) Inconsistent cropping (17%) Competition from imports (17%) Other responses (15.2%) Drought Lack…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Production ~ Part 8

Processing Operations 43% of Grove owners also process their own olives.  14.6% are seeking to expand or include a production facility. Boundary Bend has a processing capacity of 98T/hr. Olive or Olive Oil Production The majority of production (62.9%) is olive oil. Other responses; Value adding production sourced from other groves Plant Nursery The olives…

Australian Olive Industry Survey: Staffing & Employment ~ Part 7

Employment in Australian Olive Groves A total of 532 employees from respondents. Types of Employment per Entity Over 62% of staff employed at Australian olive groves are sourced locally. 32% who source elsewhere responded; family & friends or employ themselves only. Backpacker Tax 85% of respondents were not affected by the backpacker tax. Affect by…