What's happened to Bertolli?
Ian
last couple of weeks, however, it has been nowhere to be seen, either in
our local store or in the next town. On checking with the Customer
Service desk, it transpires that it has been "discontinued".
Is this just a Tesco thing, or has it disappeared completely from the
scene? I think we should be told.
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Ian
MCC
A search on www.mysupermarket.co.uk of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado
(Waitrose) couldn't find the product in any of these supermarkets.
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MCC
charles
a goggle shows that Bertolli was a Unilever brand, but was sold to a
Spanish food group. Perhaps they don't want to sell in the UK
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Ian
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 Time: 08:39:05
>
>A search on www.mysupermarket.co.uk of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado
>(Waitrose) couldn't find the product in any of these supermarkets.
That's a shame. We really liked it. Looks like we'll have to slum it and
revert to Lurpak.
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Wally
"Ian" <hel...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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It may be a Tesco thing, we was looking for gravy browning and
was told what isle it was in but still unable to find it.
After three weeks of looking without success we went to the customer
service and asked them to look it up on the computer system.
Apparently they have discontinued stocking it.
We went to Morrison's and got it there along with the rest of our weeks
shopping.
We found there products better, better prices, better service, in fact
better all round, have now dumped Tesco and are now Morrison
shoppers.
Wally
james
writes
Ah -- more items to be added to my list of great deinventions.
Allioi -- gone.
Mustard and mint -- gone.
Lardy cakes -- gone.
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Derek F
size for £1 and we stocked up.
We once bought the the Tesco own brand version. It was so bad that I
took it back for a refund.
Derek
Derek F
living in Sussex. Last year it occurred to me that a Northern company
like Morrisons might stock it. We found that they had Comptons Gravy
Salt. It must have been on the shelf for years as it was rock hard
rather than crumbly and we ended up using a cheese grater on it.
Recently when the local Somerfields was about to be re-badged as a Co-Op
they were selling off a lot stock including Comptons at half price. With
a 2012 sell by date we bought four and they are crumbly.
Derek
Bernadette
It looks like the name has changed Ian.
ASDA are selling Bertolli spread online so they should have it in the local
store:
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=bertolli&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=15549
or http://bit.ly/9KqDdU
If you click on the normal spreads (not the light version) the first thing
you'll see is "Bertolli - the new name for Olivio".
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Smokey
"Wally" <wall...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> It may be a Tesco thing, we was looking for gravy browning and
> was told what isle it was in but still unable to find it.
> After three weeks of looking without success we went to the customer
> service and asked them to look it up on the computer system.
> Apparently they have discontinued stocking it.
>
> We went to Morrison's and got it there along with the rest of our weeks
> shopping.
> We found there products better, better prices, better service, in fact
> better all round, have now dumped Tesco and are now Morrison
> shoppers.
>
> Wally
>
>
>
My favourite supermarket too Wally, I find they have a good selection of
most things at reasonable prices
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Rabbit
> shopping.
> We found there products better, better prices, better service, in fact
> better all round, have now dumped Tesco and are now Morrison
> shoppers.
IMHO too Morrison's is the best of the lot for value, quality and customer
service.
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Gordon H
<wall...@hotmail.com> writes
>
>We went to Morrison's and got it there along with the rest of our weeks
>shopping.
>We found there products better, better prices, better service, in fact
>better all round, have now dumped Tesco and are now Morrison
>shoppers.
>
>Wally
I went only once to the new giant Tesco store about a mile for here, and
found it a less than thrilling experience.
I shop mostly at Morrisons, but some stuff I get from Sainsburys, their
bread is better, I find.
§ireßird & $ir Vivor
> That's a shame. We really liked it. Looks like we'll have to slum it and
> revert to Lurpak.
I never liked Olivio. I preferred Flora. When the Flora Buttery came
out, Little Squeak wanted to try it and that's what we get now. We
also have Lurpak :))
Michaelangelo
A lot of Googling suggests the Olivio was not Bertolli and that some
(most/all?) supermarkets have dropped Olivio in favour of Bertolli's
spread. Bertolli is a Unilever brand. Olivio Premium Products are an
independent American company.
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Bram
> I shop mostly at Morrisons, but some stuff I get from Sainsburys,
> their bread is better, I find.
I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas pressies.
It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
It is far superior
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Michaelangelo
> I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas
> pressies.
> It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
> It is far superior
Do you have a girl in every port? :)
Gordon H
Vivor <sisuN...@mail2nowhere.com> writes
It's ok having real butter if you are a "we", but if you're only a "me"
it goes off before it gets used for frying or the other things for which
spread isn't much good.
§ireßird & $ir Vivor
> It's ok having real butter if you are a "we", but if you're only a
> "me" it goes off before it gets used for frying or the other
> things for which spread isn't much good.
Try cutting the block up, wrapping it in greaseproof paper and
freezing it. It doesn't take long to thaw and it won't go off.
I have to say I've never had butter go off. I get the block butter
(either Sainbury's or Tesco's cheap own brand) for cooking with, not
that I do a lot of cooking that requires butter. I use it in mash
because it doesn't taste right with Lurpak and Terry calls Flora
"axle grease" and won't have it <G>
Rabbit
news:8eur1a...@mid.individual.net...
> Bram burst on the scene, and said:
>
>> I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas pressies.
>> It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
>> It is far superior
>
> Do you have a girl in every port? :)
Or a port in every girl ;-)
Gordon H
Vivor <sisuN...@mail2nowhere.com> writes
>On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:43:36 +0100, Gordon H wrote:
>
>> It's ok having real butter if you are a "we", but if you're only a
>> "me" it goes off before it gets used for frying or the other
>> things for which spread isn't much good.
>
>Try cutting the block up, wrapping it in greaseproof paper and
>freezing it. It doesn't take long to thaw and it won't go off.
>
>I have to say I've never had butter go off. I get the block butter
>(either Sainbury's or Tesco's cheap own brand) for cooking with, not
>that I do a lot of cooking that requires butter. I use it in mash
>because it doesn't taste right with Lurpak and Terry calls Flora
>"axle grease" and won't have it <G>
I use mostly use Flora Low Salt, or Flora Buttery.
Gordon H
<Rabb...@Hotmail.com> writes
>"Michaelangelo" <mike...@lineone.net.invalid> wrote in message
>news:8eur1a...@mid.individual.net...
>> Bram burst on the scene, and said:
>>
>>> I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas pressies.
>>> It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
>>> It is far superior
>>
>> Do you have a girl in every port? :)
>
>Or a port in every girl ;-)
GMTA.
Gordon H
<brst...@CRUCIFIXyahoo.com> writes
>Gordon H wrote:
>> I shop mostly at Morrisons, but some stuff I get from Sainsburys,
>> their bread is better, I find.
>
>I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas pressies.
>It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
> It is far superior
>
headache, and in any case I've forgotten which way to pass it. :-)
Gordon H
<mike...@lineone.net.invalid> writes
>Bram burst on the scene, and said:
>
>> I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas
>>pressies.
>> It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
>> It is far superior
>
>Do you have a girl in every port? :)
>
§ireßird & $ir Vivor
> A port in every girl is more rewarding...
But not if that girl happens to be a female laptop!! <G>
griffin
> I've forgotten which way to pass it. :-)
> --
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Derek F
gr pack ie 500 gr plus 100 gr free.
The Asda web site still shows it.
Derek
Derek F
> Bram burst on the scene, and said:
>
>> I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas pressies.
>> It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
>> It is far superior
>
> Do you have a girl in every port? :)
>
Derek
Jackie
> last couple of weeks, however, it has been nowhere to be seen, either in
> our local store or in the next town. On checking with the Customer Service
> desk, it transpires that it has been "discontinued".
>
> Is this just a Tesco thing, or has it disappeared completely from the
> scene? I think we should be told.
>
it had 20% extra free
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Derek F
I used to like it but the last bottle we bought put me off forever. It
was an Australian Port from a garage in Mount Gambier with an attached
off license... I should have known better.
It was acidic and full of sediment. I desperately tried to filter in the
hotel rooms coffee maker without success.
Derek
Derek F
> Ian burst on the scene, and said:
>> For some years my wife has bought Bertolli (Olivio) from Tesco, In the
>> last couple of weeks, however, it has been nowhere to be seen, either
>> in our local store or in the next town. On checking with the Customer
>> Service desk, it transpires that it has been "discontinued".
>>
>> Is this just a Tesco thing, or has it disappeared completely from the
>> scene? I think we should be told.
>
> A lot of Googling suggests the Olivio was not Bertolli and that some
> (most/all?) supermarkets have dropped Olivio in favour of Bertolli's
> spread. Bertolli is a Unilever brand. Olivio Premium Products are an
> independent American company.
>
for Olivio" on the box.
Derek
Bram
> "Michaelangelo" <mike...@lineone.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:8eur1a...@mid.individual.net...
>> Bram burst on the scene, and said:
>>
>>> I got a bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Port among my Christmas
>>> pressies. It's the only supemarket own brand port I've drunk since.
>>> It is far superior
>>
>> Do you have a girl in every port? :)
>
> Or a port in every girl ;-)
Open ports can encourage misbehaviour ;-)
ned
"Michaelangelo" <mike...@lineone.net.invalid> wrote in message
> Ian burst on the scene, and said:
>> For some years my wife has bought Bertolli (Olivio) from Tesco, In the
>> last couple of weeks, however, it has been nowhere to be seen, either in
>> our local store or in the next town. On checking with the Customer
>> Service desk, it transpires that it has been "discontinued".
>>
>> Is this just a Tesco thing, or has it disappeared completely from the
>> scene? I think we should be told.
>
> A lot of Googling suggests the Olivio was not Bertolli and that some
> (most/all?) supermarkets have dropped Olivio in favour of Bertolli's
> spread. Bertolli is a Unilever brand. Olivio Premium Products are an
> independent American company.
Goodness me. What is all the song and dance about?
I'm of an age when rationing was the vogue and choice was not on the menu.
I learned to accept what was on my plate and not to be so ungracious as to
turn my nose up at anything.
Sure, I have my preferences but, I still eat what is put before me.
And as Grannie used to say, "An' may the Lord be thankit."
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ned
Michaelangelo
I can well imagine that any port, no matter how good quality it was to
start with, would taste pretty awful after having had the hotel rooom's
coffee maker filtered into it!
Michaelangelo
>>
> Olivio was replaced by Bertolli. For years it had "Bertolli the new
> name for Olivio" on the box.
> Derek
If that's the case then it is still available on Sainsbury's website. I
don't know about Tesco or Morrisons because you have to register with
them to explore their online shopping pages. Sainsbury's allow you to
browse their entire shopping site without logging in.
JoeH
> In message <14kovfntkf2t7.1...@40tude.net>, §ireßird & $ir
> Vivor <sisuN...@mail2nowhere.com> writes
>> freezing it. It doesn't take long to thaw and it won't go off.
>>
> That's a cunning stunt! never thought of freezing butter.
<note to self>
Read thread before replying.
LOL
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Gordon H
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8-)
Gordon H
<lordp...@NOXo2.co.uk> writes
I can hardly lift a bottle of sparkling wine these days, in spite of all
the bubbles. :)
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Graham Harrison
>Cannot find it anywhere, used that One regularly, such a shame If it is discontinued.
turn, are financed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) who are US
"private equity" company. Quite where that leaves their supply chain
is anybody's guess.
Why not ask Upfield https://upfield.com/contact/
griffin
>Cannot find it anywhere, used that One regularly, such a shame If it is discontinued.
Indy Jess John
in Malaya!).
The only Bertolli product I could find that I could buy today is what
used to be called margarine:
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/bertolli-olive-oil/044145-21745-21746
Jim