If you’re traveling to Italy soon, you may have to decide what side of the picket line you’re on.
In protest of rising prices of the country’s favorite starch, many Italians passed up the noodle aisle on Thursday. Outraged that rising wheat prices mean a plate of spaghetti will almost certainly go up in the next few months, even if by only a few cents, citizens held demonstrations across the country.
Consumer groups hailed the boycott as successful, with an informal poll outside supermarkets showing that at least half of customers did not bought a package of pasta. Even Justice Minister Clemente Mastella said he supported the cause by skipping his favorite Neapolitan dish of pasta tubes stuffed with tomatoes and ricotta.
Could you do that?
Read the full article at Reuters.