Chart of the day: Olive oil prices are soaring
The price of extra virgin olive oil has hit a seven-year-high following a bad harvest in southern Europe.
As if economic stagnation weren't bad enough, southern Europeans now face an olive oil shortage. A hot, late spring in Spain, the world's top olive producer, has hit harvests, while pests and bad weather have cut Italian output by 40%-50%, says The Observer's Tracy McVeigh.
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