June 2014
Ann and George Courmouzis, owners of Olive Oil Selections, attended the New York Fancy Food Fair to promote their Corvus brand and well tested concept of retailing extra virgin olive oil. The company had been absent from the US food shows for the past 8 years. Many useful contacts were made during the three day affair, many at the booth they shared with a table olives producer. George was interviewed on the subject of Greek olive oil exports by New York based NGTV. Greece’s disastrous 2013-14 harvest has reduced olive oil exports by 66%, according to Greek authorities. At least this may help clear the field of the many ephemeral brands that are traded in Greece (2646 in the last count…). Meanwhile, sales of the company’s 2nd Corvus varietal -known as Amfississ- introduced in early April and sold alongside the fusti with the original Koroneiki, have steadily climbed to reach about 25% of the combined total company sales.