Newsletter February
Join us on our journey!
As mentioned in our first newsletter, every month we provide an update on fun, important, and special events. This way, we take you along on our adventure and feel like we are traveling together to give Battaglini extra virgin olive oil a place among olive oil lovers who appreciate high quality and good taste.
New points of sale
In addition to the online store, Proef de Tuin in Boskoop became the first physical location where you could buy our products. We started cautiously with a few tins of Extra Virgin Olive Oil there, and after the Christmas market in December 2023, we discovered that the special aromas were very popular, partly because the bottles look beautiful, according to buyers. We have since expanded our assortment in that store with the Aromatizzato collection. Furthermore, we have opened a second location in 't Bint, part of Het Land van Oirschot. There, we now also offer our Extra Virgin and Aromatizzato collection, and we naturally hope it will be a success there too.
Expansion of catering relationships
We are convinced of the quality of our products. That is why we also believe that restaurants can make existing dishes on the menu extra tasty by using high-quality Extra Virgin olive oil. At the same time, we understand that many establishments have not yet fully recovered from the downturn in 2020 and the years that followed. The reasons are well known to many of us. That is why we are proud of the restaurants Dell Angelo, Il Ponte, Il Gusto, and Sicilia, who have chosen to work with our olive oil in the kitchen and also present the bottles on the tables. The prevailing conviction is that customers also appreciate the quality and taste of dishes more, may return more often, and generate more word-of-mouth advertising. In other words, the investment in slightly more expensive olive oil certainly pays off.
Even more offers
Many people are now willing to pay a little more for a good product, where high quality, excellent taste, and sustainable production are guaranteed. Nevertheless, it remains important to keep an eye on finances because you can only spend each Euro once. That is why we put together sets with combinations of various products and flavors, which we offer at a significantly lower price than the sum of the individual products. We have now created 4 such sets, each with its own character and taste palette. This way, we do our best to create a suitable combination of flavors for everyone, for various applications.
The Truffle Treat, for example, is very suitable for fish, meat, and homemade dressings. The Spicy Couple conceals an explosion of flavors with garlic and many powerful aromas. The Spicy Party is delicious on meat and fish, and the Salad Set makes a fresh contribution to salads and dressings. Of course, it remains very personal which flavors you want to combine with your dishes. If you have ideas and suggestions, we would naturally love to hear from you. By sharing, we can introduce more people to the many applications of olive oil and delicious recipes.
In February, we received a tip from a customer that they not only buy the olive oil for their own use but also give it as a gift to family, friends, and business relations for special occasions. We were advised to package it more festively. Of course, we immediately did something about that. In addition to the existing gift cards, you can now also have a gift package made, which we will send directly to the people who deserve to be surprised by you.
Participation in international competition
While we are still building up in the Netherlands and Belgium, the Battaglini family has been making olive oil in an honest and artisanal way in Italy since 1938. Of course, we are convinced of the great taste and high quality of our products, and this is confirmed by our customers. When we heard that there is an international competition in the Netherlands where the best olive oil in the world is chosen, we took the plunge. After reading the conditions, we registered. At the moment, we have registered, collected the necessary samples, and submitted the required test certificates. In April, we will submit the samples, and the experts will start assessing the olive oil on taste, smell, color, and chemical composition. Exciting and at the same time a lot of fun to do. Of course, we will keep you informed and we are crossing our fingers that we will finish high.
Recipes
Although we ourselves have been making Italian dishes for many years, we never got around to writing down which ingredients, in what quantities, we use for them. So we don't really have a recipe, do you recognize that? 😊 If you have come up with or used a recipe for making delicious Italian dishes, please let us know. We want to offer everyone the opportunity to learn and enjoy each other's recipes on our socials and website, so that together we can create a little more Italy in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Finally
We are still very enthusiastic and would love to take you further on our adventure. Feel free to let us know your experiences via trustpilot and what you would like to see in the next newsletter. 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 News menu option.
Wishing you a healthy, pleasant, and successful time from the team of Battaglini Netherlands!