Attacks on supermarkets and queues at petrol stations, it’s psychosis
The increases now almost daily of all raw material they strikes foreseen in the sector ofroad transport they are the basis of a psychosis which is now registered in various regions. From North to South, in fact, the race started again, in some cases a real assault, a supermarkets And petrol stations. The new ‘alarm’ among the population has different reasons: on the one hand the concern for theblockade of hauliers announced, with a first day of strike scheduled for Monday 14 March (but it must be said that at the moment it was rejected by the Guarantee Commission); on the other thenightmare that the war in place in Ukraine can pose limitations on the arrival of some products. All this then affects a third reason, even more felt by users, the soaring consumer prices. The reports of a real psychosis they multiply in different regions.
In the last few hours it was Sardinia’s turn, but similar situations are recorded patchy throughout Italy. Among the goods that are difficult to find there is first of all the pellets, necessary to power stoves and boilers. This product has a distribution that comes from different countries, but in fact there is a link with the non-arrivals from Eastern Europe due to the war. Similar situation for the‘seed oil: Many supermarket chains have imposed a limit on the purchase of this product, setting a roof of two bottles per person. Again, Ukraine is one of the major suppliers for the‘sunflower oil that we find in our supermarkets. Yet, confidence is leaking from the chains of large-scale retailers and stocks seem not to be lacking at least for a few days. Reassurances that, evidently, were not enough to stop the rush to spend.
The continuous increase in prices also has a significant impact on this phenomenon. The basic necessities have shown increases of up to 100% for the flourfor example, but consumers are very worried prices of fuel, electricity and gas. This has prompted many users to line up in front of gas stations. In Calabria and Puglia, for example, many have displayed signs with “out of fuel“, but also in this case the reports concern all of Italy. The case Sardinia – Beyond three thousand kilograms of pasta were sold in less than eight hours in the two Conad stores in Alghero (Sassari). It is one of the effects of the psychosis from stocks that hit the island from 9 March evening. Flours, sugar, coffee, pasta, all kinds of cereals, tomato sauce and water they are the basic necessities that first disappeared from supermarket shelves stormed to overcome a feared transport block. The announcement of the haulers’ strike, scheduled for next Monday, and a chain of whatsapp messages inviting people to stock up on basic necessities and water, have sparked panic and created queues outside supermarkets. The Conad group which manages the sales outlets in Alghero, Ittiri, Sassarese, Muravera and Villasimius in Southern Sardinia, and Cabras (Oristano) recorded an increase in sales of basic necessities indiscriminately from north to south of the island. “We have reassured our customers”, the owners of the Conad Medigest group explain to the AGI. “The situation is under control, the products are there and they have assured us that the goods to Sardinia will continue to travel. The hoaxes that have turned over via whatsapp have generated continuous traffic inside the store. As in lockdown, this too time mainly basic necessities and long-term goods went away. We called extra staff to provide for and guarantee the order between the shelves and where possible the restoration, but with the shop full it was not possible to do it completely and tidy”.
The assault on the shelves in a few hours, regularly registered and posted on all social networks, it did nothing but confirm what the alarm launched by the whatsapp messages had triggered. “The brewer’s yeast this time it has been replaced by seed oil because Ukraine has blocked exports “, commented the customers in line at the checkout. The incredulous photos of those who happened to be at the supermarket caused another panic: goods are scarce really. In reality, the warehouses have the necessary supplies. “There are no and there will be no problems of lack of goods on the shelves” reassures the Isa supermarket group on social networks. “The mass assault has generated chaos, because the shifts are organized and regulated on a flow of customers determined on the basis of the days of the week”, explains an employee. “A multitude of this type did not allow us logistically and in terms of time to restore the product to the shelves as is normally done at the end of the day”.
Energy: Cingolani, unreasonable increases, colossal scam
“There is no technical reason why these fuels are so expensive, the market has raised prices unreasonably and our businesses are paying for it. THE energy prices they are growing in an absolutely unrelated way from the reality of the facts. If we put a ceiling on prices, we stop this speculative spiral. We are in the presence of one colossal scam which comes from the nervousness of the market and is done at the expense of businesses and citizens ” Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolanihost of SkyTg24 Progress.
Ukraine: Cingolani, Russian gas costs us 1 billion a day
“In the last few days we have given on average almost 1 billion euros a day for the purchase of gas, all of Europe to Russiaperhaps more than the cost of the war than Putin is arguing. And it is the clear demonstration that the markets follow their own logic. We pay historical errors for not diversifying our energy dependence. “
Fuels: Codacons, report for fraud to 104 prosecutors
The judiciary and the Antitrust will have to intervene on the relentless escalation of fuel prices. For this the CODACONS presented a exposed to 104 Public Prosecutors and the Competition Authority asking to investigate the abnormal price increases for petrol and diesel at the pump and on possible speculations in progress to the detriment of consumers and businesses to ascertain any speculation and offenses, in light of the possible cases of aggravated fraud, stock manipulation and speculative maneuvers on goods. ” These days i fuel price lists sold at distributors are literally out of control, with the gas which in self mode travels towards 2.3 euros per liter and costs on average 39.3% more than in the same period of 2021, while diesel oil even rises by + 51.3% – explains the president Carlo Rienzi – In some areas of the country i fuels have already broken through the threshold of 2.5 euros per liter, such as Ischia (2.629 euros / liter), La Maddalena (2.589 euros / liter) and Ventotene (2.579 euros per liter) ”. Increases whose extent “appears neither justified nor by the current ones oil pricesnor by reductions of supplies on the territory related to the war in Ukrainenot to mention that gas And diesel fuel sold today at distributors were purchased months agoat significantly lower prices “, the Codacons notes.” The risk is that the price increases at the pump could be doped by speculative phenomena aimed at exploiting the delicate situation in Ukraine to increase earnings to the detriment of consumers and businesses – continues Rienzi – For this reason we present a exposed to the Antitrust Authority and 104 Public Prosecutors throughout Italyasking to open investigations on the territory with the help of the Guardia di Finanza “.
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