TEIKEI is currently working on a new form of price transparency: members can understand how the price of a product is composed—from production to packaging to delivery. The goal is to create a shared understanding of the actual costs while also opening up space for solidarity-based action.
The price components can be entered flexibly per kilogram or as a share. The structure allows for the following elements, among others:
🧾 Example video on current developments:
Watch video
The project TEIKEI Olive demonstrates how solidarity-based pricing works in practice:
This method provides clarity on:
An excerpt from the calculation (as of 2025):
| Cost Item | Amount (€) |
|---|---|
| Value creation on the farm | 28.05 |
| Production & bottling | 1.65 |
| Logistics in Greece | 1.35 |
| Wages | 4.09 |
| IT costs & software | 2.64 |
| Organization & accounting | 2.38 |
| Development & safety reserves | 1.68 |
| Public relations | 0.53 |
| Storage spaces | 1.58 |
| Cardboard/packaging | 1.65 |
| Total per tree | 50.87 |
📌 Note: The actual price per liter depends on the harvest timing
(green – early / purple – medium / black – late) and the packaging type (e.g., reusable barrel, glass bottle).
The price of €14.50 per liter applies, for example, to collective purchases in reusable barrels.
More details in the TEIKEI Olive project overview:
👉 TEIKEI Olive – Our Solidarity-Based Olive Oil
Breaking down prices creates:
Pricing also accounts for community-based safeguards:
For long-term investments in infrastructure, new regions, digitalization, and difficult phases.
For unforeseen events such as crop failure, transport damage, or political obstacles.
More information can be found in the article:
👉 Solidarity Funds at TEIKEI
The price breakdown is currently being tested and further developed internally. In the future, it should also be manageable directly by producers via their own input masks—eventually even via an app. The goal is a system that can be adjusted annually and provides orientation for all participants.
🌀 This article is continuously updated—if you have questions or feedback, feel free to contact the TEIKEI team.
One level up: Price Structure & Fees
Author: Felix Schröder, with assistance from AI (ChatGPT)
Creation: written by Felix Schröder › formatted in Markdown by ChatGPT › published by Felix Schröder › layout adjusted by Claude
Created: 2025-05-17 · Last updated: 2026-04-23 · Questions or suggestions? support@teikei.us