ROME  -Italy's  government  will  meet  with  supermarkets  and  small  retailers ‘ associations on Wednesday to  address  stubborn inflation in the  prices  of consumer staples, people close to the matter said on Wednesday. Although declining from peaks, persistently  high  inflation is a headache for nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, at a time when companies are often blamed for passing on more than the direct increase in production costs to consumers. Meloni is also facing mounting discontent over cuts her  government  imposed on a poverty relief scheme affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

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