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Bread price blow raises danger of interest rate rise

The risks of near-term interest rate increases are mounting as Scotland’s bakers and supermarkets pass on a hyper-inflationary price increase of up to 15% for bread and flour-related products from this coming week.

With wheat prices having risen 70% in the last five weeks, bakers confirmed that the price of a loaf will rise by at least 10p.