Italian retailers warn of food shortages as truck drivers’ protests disrupt deliveries

Italian retailers warned of food shortages as truck drivers protested fuel prices and living costs, Reuters reported Oct. 21. ANCD-Conad said produce, milk and meat were stranded on trucks and in warehouses; Reuters also reported aviation-fuel delivery disruptions at at least two Calabria airports. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said her cabinet planned to meet Thursday to approve aid for truck drivers and farmers.