Best value Extra virgin olive oil?

[Lilylizard]

Looking to buy food cupboard staples in bulk to keep the cost of things down. What would people recommend for Olive oil?

Waitrose is my favourite but £5.25 a litre. Can get Sainsbury's for £4.10/litre (in a 2 litre tub) and it's alright.

Any other recommendations that balance good taste with good price?

I think the Aldi and Lidl ones generally get good reviews, and they're likely to be quite a bit cheaper than Waitrose or Sainsburys.

But I'm not sure they're worth buying in bulk, unless you can't get to those shops easily. They generally seem to come in a standard sized bottle, so I'd just buy one to try to see if you like it.

Olive oil is probably cheap in bulk from Costco, but you need to be a member to shop there, although it can be worth the fee for the toilet roll alone (almost).

Waitrose EV olive oil is the thing I miss most following the Ocado divorce.

As Ocado is more convenient for me I experimented with their other similarly priced olive oils - and wondered why my food was tasting disappointing.

Over this Spring and Summer I’ve found a million ways to justify the blue Brindisa tins gathering in my kitchen. They are very pretty! But more importantly the oil actually enhances food - so makes it easier to throw together very simple, hot weather meals. I do also try to buy some ‘ordinary’ EV oil for less dainty meals - whatever’s on offer, but the Brindisa is an extravagance that I don’t think will survive the Winter in this household.

(Which is why I’m loitering here. Very keen to discover cheaper EV oil that actually tastes good.)

Aldi

I like Lidl for olive oil. Their generic EV is ok, but during their Greek or Spanish weeks they often have something nice.

I use Lidl deluxe and it's great

Glad to know I'm not imagining it, it IS really good!

Do you know how much it is? Can't find out online