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A comment on Italy Braces for Pasta Inflation Amid Soaring Durum Wheat Prices. Parent comment

Re:Italy Braces for Pasta Inflation Amid Soaring Durum Wheat... by southerntofu on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:09AM (#28499646)
> 50 cents/kg

Cheap brand pasta are barely more expensive than that (0.7-1.2€/kg), so that sounds like that's the dominant factor at least for some brands.

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Re:Italy Braces for Pasta Inflation Amid Soaring Durum Wheat... by tomjakubowski on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:59AM (#28500383)
Bear in mind the pre-spike price was ~0.30/kg, so it comprised less than half the price of a 0.7/kg pasta brand then.
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