Straight from the Netherlands
Biltmore Park, NC – Oil and Vinegar was opened in mid-August in Biltmore Park Town Square by Dana and Terry Hunter of Arden. Besides the namesake items, the shop also carries tapenade, stuffed olives and other appetizers, plus pottery and other oil-and-vinegar accoutrements. The shop is part of a franchise birthed in the Netherlands, where the business was named Best Food Specialty Chain and Gift Shop.
What attracted you to open an Oil and Vinegar franchise? We saw the franchise in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and we tasted some of the samples that they had and were immediately attracted to the concept. You purchase your bottle one time and refill it at these beautiful backlit “amphora walls.”
What makes your business distinct from the other two? I think the refillable bottles, but I’m not sure because I haven’t been in the other two, so I don’t know what they do. We also have about 400 other products besides the oils and vinegars, with about 60 samples of our items per day, including the oil and vinegar.
