Truck drivers' strike, empty supermarkets also in Veneto

The stoppage of trucks and trucks in the South is starting to have consequences in the northern regions. Veneto is also affected, where "supplies of fruit and vegetables arrive in fits and starts", said Patrizio Bertin, president of Confcommercio Veneto

The hauliers' strike continues and problems with the supply of fresh products begin in Veneto too. The consequences of the truck stop, which started from the South, have also reached the North-Eastern region where fruit and vegetables are no longer found on supermarket shelves. The alarm was raised by Patrizio Bertin, president of Confcommercio Veneto, who, speaking of supply problems, underlined how "supplies of fruit and vegetables arrive in a bit of fits and starts. Road transport - he said - is the vital fulcrum of trade and if things are missing on the shelves we cannot work, as well as having a really important psychological impact, which brings us back to the months of Covid or directly to the post-war period. The problem is serious".

For days now, trucks and trucks in Southern Italy have stopped to protest against high fuel prices. From Campania to Sicily, the shelves of grocery stores are increasingly empty: what is missing above all is fresh products which, due to delays in deliveries and difficulties in conservation, risk going bad causing huge losses for producers. Protests continue in Puglia, Calabria and Campania. The hauliers blocked the commercial port of Naples, worsening the situation of fuel and food supplies on the islands of Ischia and Procida. Supermarket shelves are still empty, especially in the provinces of Caserta and Naples, but also in Molise and Lazio, where fruit and vegetables are scarce.

As mentioned, however, the consequences of the mobilization have now also reached the Northern regions. "We hope that everything will be resolved very quickly - commented the president of Confcommercio Veneto - because we are close to Christmas, which means 30% of the year's turnover for an average financial year". Bertin then added, recalling that faced with transport difficulties "no one can be saved, there is no category that does not suffer".