European pasta producers are facing growing pressure to lower prices as simmering tensions surrounding the rising cost of fusilli, spaghetti and other household staples threaten to boil over.
Italian consumer groups have asked competition authorities to look into the possibility of price collusion and called for shoppers to shun products in a “pasta strike”, while the French government has threatened food producers with financial sanctions if they do not lower prices.
The rise in pasta prices is far outpacing broader inflation in parts of the region and has continued despite a sharp drop in the cost of the wheat used to make it.
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