Sicily Supermarkets Stripped Bare as Truckers Strike

Trapani, Italy – Supermarket shelves have been stripped bare in western Sicily as a strike by Sicilian truck drivers over soaring fuel costs choked deliveries across the island.

X user Carmelo filmed rows of empty refrigerated cases at a Lidl store in Trapani on the morning of October 19, writing that many shelves were empty and no new stock had arrived. The footage shows vacant vegetable and salad displays and near-empty meat counters stretching down the aisles.