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Subsets of $(\mathbb{Z}/p)^{\times n}$

there seems to be some combinatorial fact that every subset $A$ of $G=(\mathbb{Z}/p)^{\times n}$ of cardinality $\frac{p^n-1}{p-1}+1$ containing $\vec{0}$ satisfies $(p-1)A=G$. ($p$ is a prime number.) Is that true and known in the literature? I would appreciate a reference or a proof. Thanks!