Italian here. I don’t see this price increase at the moment. Anyway going from 2-3€/kg to 2,3-3,6€/kg wouldn’t make big difference. Pasta is already very cheap.
Instead I see the inflation rising in the fruit and vegetables prices! There’s a 25-30% increases since the beginning of the 2021.
And just in time for the annual spaghetti harvest<p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU</a><p>Seriously though, every single thing has been going up in price lately. The inflation is real. Over 50% here, another 50% there and there went our savings
Is there a reason why every price increase is referred to as "inflation" these days? I thought inflation had more to do with debasement of a currency than price fluctuations due to supply and demand, with the key functional distinction being that the former can be hard to reverse while the latter can self-correct given time (e.g. the lumber price increase we saw this summer).
> According to Ferro, big pasta producers are already rushing to stock grain, which can be stored for up to two years.<p>So how much of this price rise is genuine demand and how much is a panicky market bulk buying in response to a perceived future shortage? Sounds like we might have a bit of a toilet paper situation here.
Seems the real story here is climate change significantly increasing the price of a staple food.<p>“Pasta is cheap anyway” is such a privileged point of view.
Sort of misleading to use the word “inflation” when this seems to be primarily driven by climate related factors:<p><a href="https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2021/09/10/Out-of-control-durum-wheat-market-expected-to-cause-pasta-shortage" rel="nofollow">https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2021/09/10/Out-of-co...</a>
So... as a pasta-loving American, wouldn't this affect us as well? I understand markets can be different but they're talking about Canadian wheat exports, not Italian domestic production.