Italian retailers warn of food shortages caused by truck drivers' protest
Retailers said perishable food is stranded on trucks and in warehouses as the government weighs tax credits and a diesel price cap.
- Truckers in Sicily and southern Italy have blocked roads, motorways, and ports since last week to protest surging diesel costs and operating expenses, disrupting fuel and food supplies across the region.
- Demonstrations began in Puglia, Calabria, and Sicily after diesel prices rose more than 50 cents per litre since the Iran war, with hauliers also citing government neglect of the transportation sector.
- Pasta maker Rummo suspended production after depleting raw materials, while La Molisana reduced output significantly; supermarkets in Naples and Campania reported empty fruit and vegetable displays and shortages of chilled products.
- Following Tuesday meetings, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Edoardo Rixi announced a package worth more than €150 million to assist hauliers, while Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini pledged tax credits and modernization funds.
- Sicily's hauliers committee threatened to continue protests until October 27th if negotiations fail, while retailers warned supply chain backlogs may persist even after blockades end.
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PROTESTS by road hauliers in southern Italy over high fuel prices are threatening pasta production and making food supplies more difficult, producers and food sector representatives have warned.
Italian retailers warn of food shortages caused by truck drivers' protest
A protest by Italian truck drivers over fuel prices and the cost of living is causing food shortages in shops, with deliveries disrupted and fresh produce rotting, retailers said on Wednesday.
Pasta production in Italy is affected by a protest in the south of the country. People criticise the increase in fuel prices and the cost of living, supplies of raw materials to factories being blocked. Article Italy faces a pasta crisis. In certain areas, production has stopped completely first appears in Romania TV.
All roads lead to Rome, but not right now. In southern Italy, truck drivers have been blocking highways and ports for more than a week due to rising diesel prices. As a result, the supply of products to supermarkets is being hampered; Italians are facing empty shelves. The protests began in the Apulia region – the heel of Italy – but have since grown into nationwide protests. For instance, the port of Naples is blocked, and there is traffic dis…
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