Olive oil pricing in Croatia

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The premium you paid is due due to buying it in the Resort/Hotel shop. While that markup is pretty high, it is nearly universal that you will pay noticeably more in the Resort/Hotel shop than on the street.

For most guests, convenience significantly outweighs cost and some guests are captive with no means to easily or safely leave the Resort.

You will also find the markup on certain products varies widely. This is basic pricing strategy. People have good idea of what milk or cookies should cost so a 500% markup is very obvious makes it look like the merchant is blatantly overcharging.

Luxury or uncommon items give them more flexibility since many tourists may not know how much 'local premium olive oil' should cost, so they pay whatever the merchant charges.

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Here is price example in a sales catalog of Konzum's, Croatia's largest supermarket chain.

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direkt link to the catalog

So, the normal price is 55 kn which is about 7,4 euro (or about 10 euro per ltr) which is comparable to prices in German supermarkets.

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