Food prices are squeezing Europe. Now Italians are calling for a pasta protest
Customers look at packages of pasta on sale in a supermarket in Milan, northern Italy, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Italians are calling for a pasta protest as food prices squeeze Europe. Grocery prices have risen more sharply in Europe than in other advanced economies from the U.S. to Japan, driven by higher energy and labor costs and the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
By COLLEEN BARRY
AP Business Writer
MILAN — When it comes to skyrocketing pasta prices, Italians are crying: Basta!
They have had enough after the cost of the staple of every Italian table soared by twice the rate of inflation. One consumer advocate group is calling for a weeklong national pasta strike starting June 22 after the Rome government held a crisis meeting last month and decided not to intervene on prices...