Featured Customer: Elly Olive Oil -

At ClearBags we may seem biased because we love all things sweet, but we also adore savory! Like peanut butter and jelly, nothing goes better together than olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Combine that with perfectly portioned, single use bottles and you get *insert cliche Italian fingertip kiss*. Read our interview with Margot to learn about her business!

Tell Us a Little about Your Company:

Who Is Elly Olive Oil?. My idea was to create a single serving of a perfectly proportioned blend of extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar designed as a vinaigrette for a salad, bread dipping or a complement to any entree or appetizer. I wanted the vinaigrette to come in an environmentally friendly glass bottle that is both recyclable and reusable with a tamper evident cap. I also wanted the quality of the ingredients and the packaging to be exceptional. I wanted the brand name and logo to have a trendy, vibrant, classy look. With much passion, enthusiasm and research needed to complete my idea, I found no room for compromise. One year later with my Mom’s creative input, I completed my idea, bringing an individual serving size of Elly Olive Oil Balsamic Vinaigrette’s to you, your home and your friends for any and all occasions. The name “Elly” comes from the Greek word for Olives, Elies!

Photo courtesy of Elly Olive Oil

What Makes your Product Unique:

The uniqueness of Elly Olive Oil is the perfectly proportioned blend of extra virgin olive oil and pure balsamic vinegar designed as a single serving size of dressing for either a lunch or dinner salad, as a side dish for dipping bread or as an enhancement to any appetizer or entrée. Elly Olive Oil Vinaigrettes come in a glass Marasca bottle which are both recyclable and reusable with a tamper evident cap. We offer 9 flavored vinaigrette’s!

How do you package your products and what ClearBags products do you use?

Elly Olive Oil Balsamic Vinaigrettes are packaged individually by hand in 2, 4, or 6 Pack Crystal Clear Boxes and also packaged in the Kraft 2 Piece Folding Box with a Crystal Clear Slip Cover. All boxes are for packaging food products and purchased only with ClearBags!

Photo courtesy of Elly Olive Oil

Where do you sell your products?

Elly Olive Oil Balsamic Vinaigrettes are sold in specialty food and grocery stores, wineries, cafes, hotels and resorts and at international airport gift shops in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our 2 pack of Balsamic Vinaigrettes is a popular amenity for guests at hotels and cruise lines, as well as an excellent wedding, bridal, anniversay, birthday and baby shower favors, and as a corporate gift item.

How long have you been working with ClearBags and How does ClearBags help you to succeed?

Elly Olive Oil has been working with ClearBags since the launching of our company over 4 years ago and we continue to work with ClearBags. ClearBags has always met our needs providing a quality box for our product which our customers continue to compliment us on and enjoy.

What one piece of packaging advice would you give to other business owners?

The one piece of advice I would give to other business owners is to follow through with how they want their product to look in a package and be presented to their customers. Business owners should continue to search until they find the right packaging and also listen to the advice of the packaging experts, such as ClearBags. They can advise and enlighten businesses on how to enhance their product with their packaging.