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.
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