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Inflation eats away at the purses of the biggest consumers of pasta in the world. In the peninsula, their price has increased by 14% in one year.
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From our correspondent in Rome, Quentin Raverdy
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VSike the rest of Europe in recent months, Italy has had to deal with a worrying increase in inflation. Since March, the rate has even exceeded 6%: unheard of in the beautiful country for more than thirty years, forcing the authorities to revise downwards their growth objectives for a year 2022 supposed to mark the post-pandemic recovery. The rise in prices has made its way to the table of Italians who helplessly watch their surge in supermarkets: + 63.5% for oils; + 17.2% for flour; + 15.7% for butter. Even the sacrosanct pasta is not spared and shows a leap of 14% compared to last year.
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