SPEYSIDE'S Walkers Shortbread has become the latest company to warn the impact of soaring wheat prices is likely to be felt in the coming months following poor harvests in Russia and the US.
SPEYSIDE'S Walkers Shortbread has become the latest company to warn the impact of soaring wheat prices is likely to be felt in the coming months following poor harvests in Russia and the US.
HIGHLAND RINGS: Workers inspect shortbread biscuits on the production line at Walkers' Aberlour factory.
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TIM SHARP CITY EDITOR
Walkers' caution that flour prices are likely to rise follows warnings from supermarket chains Tesco and J. Sainsbury this week that wheat costs will inflate meat prices while the wet summer has hit domestic crops of potatoes, onions, parsnips and carrots.
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