If you’ve ever wondered whether you can buy a bottle of our extra virgin olive oil at a nearby store, there’s now an easy way to find out. You can even better plan your errands so you can get your car’s oil changed, while you’re shopping for EVOO and any other grocery items.
It’s all thanks to our web development team and Google maps. Our web developers have used Google maps to develop an online store locator which lets you know whether your local grocery or another nearby retailer carries our EVOO.
There’s a reasonable chance they do. Our EVOO is now carried by retailers in more than 40 states, in addition to Canada, Japan and Germany. And we’re adding new stores to the system as soon as they begin stocking our oil.
Here’s how it works. Click on the “Store Locator” link in the upper right-hand area of the California Olive Ranch web site.
Once you arrive at the store locator page, enter your address, city, or postal code. For this example we typed in 80439, the zip code for Evergreen, Colo., located in the foothills west of Denver. We asked to display all the retailers carrying our EVOO within 25 miles.
Seven green olive icons popped up on a Denver area map, including one pinpointing the address for the Walmart Supercenter in Evergreen. You can get directions to the store. And, because the store locator is linked to Google maps, you can also see what other retailers are located nearby.
Retailers located near the Evergreen Walmart Supercenter include Home Depot, a Sherwin-Williams paint store, a Starbucks (naturally), and a quickie oil-change business.
We still accept online orders if you don’t yet have a local source for our EVOO. But if you’re unsure, try our store locator. You may be able to get your EVOO even more quickly, as well as that long overdue oil change for your car.
Claude S. Weiller
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
California Olive Ranch
Hi. I just tried your store locator, and got:
Server Error in ‘/’ Application.
There was an error with Google’s Geocoding Service: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.ApplicationException: There was an error with Google’s Geocoding Service: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT
Source Error:
Line 22: throw new ApplicationException(“There was an error with Google’s Geocoding Service: ” + status);
Line 23:
Line 24: return results;
Line 25: }
Line 26: }
Source File: d:Websitescaliforniaoliveranch.comApp_CodeGoogleMapsAPIHelpers.cs Line: 24
Stack Trace:
[ApplicationException: There was an error with Google's Geocoding Service: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT]
GoogleMapsAPIHelpersCS.GetGeocodingSearchResults(String address) in d:Websitescaliforniaoliveranch.comApp_CodeGoogleMapsAPIHelpers.cs:24
UserControls_Miscellaneous_StoreLocatorSearchControl.btnSearch_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in d:Websitescaliforniaoliveranch.comUserControlsMiscellaneousStoreLocatorSearchControl.ascx.cs:18
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +115
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +140
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +29
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2981
Bert,
Thanks for your note. We’re actually updating the store locator with more stores, so it’s temporarily offline. We’re sorry about the timing on this. Please check back Thursday. There is a notice on the store locator site. Again, we’re sorry for the inconvenience.