For investors & builders
Enter olive oil with an operator on the ground.
You are evaluating a category, not a product. Olive oil rewards patient operators and punishes tourists — and the difference is almost entirely in what you know before you commit capital.
What the category actually looks like
A market where most of the supply base loses money.
Spanish olive oil in 2026 is not a simple growth story. AEMO puts more than 75% of Spanish grove surface at or below the cost of production, while output stays near record levels. Both facts are true at once, and anyone pitching you the category without explaining that is not looking closely.
How we work with capital
Diligence first, operations after.
We are not a fund, a broker or an asset. We are the operating partner that sits between a thesis and a producer — useful before you commit, and useful afterwards if the thesis holds.
Before you commit
- Category briefing grounded in current cost and price data
- Cost structure by scenario — what a unit really costs at each volume
- Route assessment — which positioning the numbers can actually support
- Supply feasibility — whether the volume you plan exists at your quality
- Risk review — claims, compliance, harvest exposure, concentration
If you proceed
- Producer selection and introductions at origin
- Specification and packaging built to the intended positioning
- Operational roadmap to first production and first shipment
- No asset ownership required — no groves, mills or lines
- Everything transferable — relationships and specification stay yours
Questions
Before you get in touch.
Is olive oil a good category to enter right now?
It is a favourable entry point on cost and an unstable one structurally — a market trading below the production cost of most of its supply resolves either through consolidation at origin or a price correction. Nobody credible predicts which. We would rather brief you on that honestly than sell you a growth narrative. Start with our analysis of production costs.
Do we need to buy groves or a mill?
No, and for most investors that is the point. A private-label route means you own the brand, the specification and the customer relationships, while production stays with partners who already do it well. Lower capex, faster entry, and a cleaner exit.
What is the realistic timeline to a first product?
Driven by harvest, not by capital. The Andalusian campaign starts in late October and runs through January. A brand aiming for shelf in the first quarter needs producer selection, sample validation, packaging and compliance closed before the mills run at capacity.
Do you take equity or a share of the business?
No. We work on a project fee, and third-party costs are quoted separately and never marked up. That keeps our advice independent of the outcome we are advising on — which is precisely what you want when the honest answer might be that the numbers do not work.
Start your brand
Let’s build your olive oil brand.
Tell us about your project — market, product, timing. We’ll come back with first recommendations and matched options from Spanish producers. No commitment.
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