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> I went into a tiny grocery store a couple of blocks away from San
> Francisco State U today. It had an interesting assortment of goods...
> what I noticed in particular was that it had 24 *different* brands of
> Extra Virgin Olive Oil displayed on two shelves. I counted twice.
> Bought a California EVOO on sale 12 oz for $2.99 (in a stand alone
> display)... which brings the total to 25. I've never seen that many
> different brands of EVOO together before!


Some of the gourmet type stores here have at least that many and the Italian
stores in NY had at least that many. I just tend to buy the stuff they have
at Costco. It's cheap!