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Shortage of pizza-makers as Italians are too proud
[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Despite a long recession and high unemployment, Italians are shunning the job because of the long hours and modest pay.
Sounds like a job for Mexicans...
Wonder if you have to be bonded and licensed as is proper in any progressive country...
But with a slice of pizza an increasingly popular lunch time option in times of economic hardship, the pizza sector is booming - and an estimated 6,000 new "pizzaioili" are needed, according to FIPE, an Italian business federation. "Notwithstanding the economic crisis and unemployment, it is proving difficult to find them," the association said in a report released this week.

Italians may be reluctant to get their hands dirty by stoking ovens and kneading dough, but foreign immigrants have no such qualms
Italians may be reluctant to get their hands dirty by stoking ovens and kneading dough, but foreign immigrants have no such qualms and are now filling the gap, producing an increasing share of the three billion pizzas that Italians eat each year.

Egyptians have shown themselves to be particularly adept at mastering the art of the perfect pizza and now run many of the pizza restaurants and hole-in-the-wall takeaways in big cities like Rome, Milan and Turin.

Posted by: Fred 2013-04-29
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