War in Ukraine: flour and oil rationed in supermarkets around the world
Consumers are frightened and empty the shelves to get supplies: this is how problems in supplying, rationing, and the first spending limits begin
The war in Ukraine scares consumers. The effects are felt in the rest of the world and in Europe in particular. Some supermarkets in Italy, for example, have already been stormed for the rush for supplies: the shelves of flour and oil are emptied, while supply problems begin, and both rationing and the first spending limits are triggered.
In several stores in Turin and therefore in Piedmont it is possible to buy a maximum of three liters of oil and only a few packs of flour, while in others you can put in the cart no more than 5 jars of vegetables in oil and pickled, of tomato preserves and of canned legumes.
Essential products such as pasta, water, sugar, eggs, and toilet paper are being sold out, as happened during the lockdown two years ago due to the Covid-19 emergency…
