I don't eat olives, except very occasionally if they're part of a dish (mostly chicken marbella), so I can only say that nobody has told me they've been bad. When I get them from the olive bar, I try to get some of the juice, but it's hard with the slotted spoons and often there's none. They seem to keep fine for months.

A google search says they are only good for 3-5 days without any liquid. Not sure i agree with that. I too like to get some of the liquid when buying from the olive bar.

The problem with adding liquid is that you'll wash off the marinade. Maybe the trick would be to save this week's olives in your jar and vacuum seal the rest to be like they were? If you don't have a vacuum sealer, you can do it sous vide style with a ziploc. Put the bag of olives with the top partly open, in a bowl of water enough to cover the height of the olives. That will push a lot of the air up and out. You can also use a drinking straw to suck the air out.

Did we talk about fridge? My long lasting olives are kept in the fridge. But I don't know if that's supposed to be bad. I really hate olives. I buy them for the family and the occasional chicken marbella.

Kate, as soon as I saw the title of your thread my mind went right to those olives from TJ's although I haven't tried them. I agree 3-5 days doesn't sound like much, and they'll likely last longer. We often buy them at a Mediterranean market, and they're always in quite a bit of brine. I've just always thought it was best to store them in brine, marinade or oil. Is there any best buy or expiration date on the pkg, or does it just say to refrigerate after opening? Do they have enough flavor, or do they taste like adding some oil/vinegar could help?

I have the same olives. I didn’t read the 3-5 days. I put them in a refrigerator container. I’ve been eating on them for probably a month. Not dead yet. Whew!

bbstx, seems the fridge would hold them quite awhile. DH is a huge olive fan so we always have a variety on hand here. Hard to know what he'll come home with.

they are hanging on a rack at TJs. Mine sit in the pantry until I use/open them. Opened [if there are any left] they go in a zip bag in the fridge ... you could always put a little olive ol in the bag.

They are in a sealed jar in the fridge. bbstx, I was wondering how reasonable the 3-5 day answer was. I don't know that it will take me even a month to eat them all, but probably not in that short amount of time. I think I might add some olive oil to the jar. I hate to mess up the marinade flavor with brine.

@CA Kate z9, IMHO there is really no need to add anything. Mine have stayed perfectly moist in the fridge. All I know about the timing on mine is that I opened them sometime within the last 7 weeks (after we started self-isolating). I have 4-6 left in the container. I have not noticed any degradation in texture or taste.

@bragu_DSM 5, I couldn’t eat all of these in one sitting unless I was throwing a party. I love them, but they are pretty salty, as you expect olives to be.

bbstx, being somewhat of a procrastinator, I haven't yet done aything with the olives. I think I will try not doing anything to them and see what happens. I have a couple more packages of olives in the pantry, so need to know what to do with them when opened.

Now I’m really wanting to get back to TJ’s for more olives! Unfortunately, it is 1.5 hours drive. I have a friend with a freezer that plugs into the car. He’s said I can borrow it anytime. I really want to make a TJ’s run and pick up some of their frozen goodies!

I bought five pounds of olives from Amazon several weeks ago and they are still doing fine in a tupperware in the fridge without any brine. Three to five days seems ridiculous.

3-5 days does seem very short amount of keeping time.. I guess they want to be safe on the very conservative side. (Or, hurry up and eat them and then buy more! )

Speaking of olive bars -- will they now become a thing of the past?