On this episode of Western Mass Biz
we're meeting with Manny Rovithis.
We all know him as Owner of Manny's TV and Appliances,
but today, we're talking olive oil.
Well, Manny, thanks for being on the show
Glad to be here.
So, Manny, everybody in Western Mass knows you as the appliance guy
what inspired this olive oil business?
Well, number one, most of the oil that you
see on the shelves in the supermarket's
they're not what they say they are okay
I mean, they're blended, they're all over
the different countries you know and
they put it all together so we were
pressing the olives down in Greece about
five six years ago and I'm saying, "heck"
I can do this, I can bring
the oil up here I know enough about
merchandising and all that so I'm standing
there at the factory and I say, this
is easy this is not, so I came back about
five, six years ago and I've got all the
FDA approvals I got whatever it took to
you know to bring it up here and the
rest is history really
So, as I look around, I see that the
products are a lot more than just olive
oil tell us what you have to offer.
Well, after the oil came up I was doing very
every time I go back to Greece,
which I go often, and I look around and
see if there's anything else that I can bring up
here, okay, so then I started out with the
olives, the olives, they're different
they're out of this world as far as you
know they're infused with the garlic
infused with red pepper, jalapeno and
almonds, okay so at their different looking.
and then I got the tapenade. The tapenade
just a black olive, okay, but it's a
spread you can do it over cheese, you can
do over bread, whatever. Toast in the
morning or whatever. And then the next
thing that I have I have balsamic. The
balsamic is out of this world. I mean it's
just, we put a little honey in it so you get
the tart, but you also get the
sweetness okay. So that's it. And then the
other, the best part about it is
everybody saying why don't you have
infused oils so we have a line of infused
We have it with pepper, we have it with
rosemary, oregano, we have a basil, salad
dressing all that you know is included.
And the best part, this here
it's solid, but it has pits in it but
the kalamata and the green, unbelievable.
So, Manny, how are sales going, and if somebody
wants to try and buy your product where
can they get it? Well number one the
sales are going great, okay, we've only
had the oil here for four years, but I
just want to first of all say to you
that we have won two awards in the last
three years okay and they're silver medals
It's a New York International
Competition, which is 32 countries 833
entries and we've got a silver medal
both times, okay, now i'm working on the gold.
world but the other good thing about it
is our oil is also Kosher. Now, as far as
where you can purchase the product, Big Y
only carries the olive oil okay.
But, all the olive, the infused, all that you can
go to Fresh Acres, in Springfield,
you, can go to Randall's in Ludlow,
You can go to Table and Vine
in West Springfield you can go to
Armata's in Longmeadow, you can go to
Adams in Monson, and there's one more,
River Valley up in the Northampton.
Fantastic. Well, we really appreciate
having you on the show, we'll talk to you soon.
Thank you.
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