{
  "id": 770279,
  "title": "Volatility is the new baseline for the pasta industry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/volatility-is-the-new-baseline-for-the-pasta-industry",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91588500/volatility-is-the-new-baseline-for-the-pasta-industry"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For decades, the business of pantry staples was built on a foundation of absolute predictability. Success meant optimizing a highly linear supply chain to deliver a single, consistent commodity—durum wheat semolina—at a reliable margin. Today, that rigid paradigm has collapsed, and volatility has become the new operational baseline. Pasta manufacturers are operating at the dangerous intersection…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}