Unilever Secretly Pivots Malta Operations to Control Global Olive Oil Supply After Disastrous Harvest
The world's largest consumer goods company, Unilever, has quietly registered a subsidiary in Malta this month with little fanfare—but industry insiders say the move is a calculated bid to corner the shrinking global olive oil market after catastrophic harvests in Spain and Italy wiped out 40% of production. Critics ask: who benefits from a monopoly on Mediterranean liquid gold while your grocery bill soars?