Pasta Strike
By Ian Froeb in News of the World
Thu., Sep. 13 2007 @ 2:16PM
The cost of pasta in Italy is rising, and consumers are pissed. (Guardian)
Italian consumer groups have called a one-day strike against buying pasta in protest at the increasing costs that have seen its price rise by almost 20%.The groups are angry that, while the price of ingredients such as wheat is rising in the shops, the earnings of the farmers who produce them remain flat.
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