Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Trump tariffs on pasta could soon top 100 percent: 'Double the price' [View all]BumRushDaShow
(163,361 posts)50. To respond
It remains speculative
It is one of the most known "named" consumer brands and includes a shit-load of smaller brands THAT THEY ALSO OWN.
As a note, I grew up on "San Giorgio" brand pasta that my parents bought (made right here in PA) but haven't bought any of that brand in probably 40-some years.
You don't know at all whether restaurants order imported Barilla for "ethnic loyalty," or at what volume!
Here is Barilla's 2024 (the latest) "Annual Report" - https://www.barillagroup.com/media/filer_public/f9/23/f923e50f-b45d-4b94-9bed-077e25e11b74/2_eng_bilancio_economico_2024_web.pdf
Have fun!
"I expect that..." Keep expecting. Nobody ever denied that imported pasta is a giant market that would be gravely affected by these tariffs. Indeed, I say in the very post you responded to that it would affect my own family greatly. But you were so intent on defending the dishonest journalist that you slid right past that.
As for attacking the journalist, you're damn skippy I did: the journalist deceptively used Barilla's brand without honestly conveying that the vast, vast, vast majority of Barilla pasta is made in Iowa and New York. It was a cheap and dishonest device that relied on consumer recognition of Barilla's brand. It's amazing that you're continuing to defend it, actually.
As for attacking the journalist, you're damn skippy I did: the journalist deceptively used Barilla's brand without honestly conveying that the vast, vast, vast majority of Barilla pasta is made in Iowa and New York. It was a cheap and dishonest device that relied on consumer recognition of Barilla's brand. It's amazing that you're continuing to defend it, actually.
Again, you keep making assumptions and continue to broad-brush.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
65 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Trump tariffs on pasta could soon top 100 percent: 'Double the price' [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Nov 4
OP
I like pasta as much as any, but on the rare occasions I go out to eat with friends...
hlthe2b
Nov 4
#2
BTW, it's REALLY easy to make at home -- you're just limited to the basic shapes.
fierywoman
Nov 4
#57
"BTW, it's REALLY easy to make at home -- you're just limited to the basic shapes."
BumRushDaShow
Nov 4
#60
"Whether your speculative point about restaurants buying Italian-sourced Barilla for "ethnic loyalty" would account"
BumRushDaShow
Nov 4
#15
Idiot Beaver Hound is screwing US farmers (again) with this. A LOT of Italian pasta is made with US Durum wheat
Attilatheblond
Nov 4
#17
The only pictures he has interest in are the ones that he draws with a sharpie.
littlemissmartypants
Nov 4
#20
Finally some good news. Pasta use'ta be more expensive. But Trump lowered the tariff by 1,000 percent.
3Hotdogs
Nov 4
#12
Other Italian food items that will be tariffed under Trump's various schemes
Prairie Gates
Nov 4
#23
There's always one more way he'll try to fuck up the American people's food supply.
littlemissmartypants
Nov 4
#22
Trump is trying to invoke a Pastafarian uprising to enact the Insurrection Act.
bluedigger
Nov 4
#24
The tariffs in the article are specific to pasta, but other EU-targeted Trump tariffs hit Italian wine
Prairie Gates
Nov 4
#31
Mr. trump's a subliterate idiot unable to write one grammatically correct sentence
Torchlight
Nov 4
#33