Bread prices to rise after bad crop

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Consumers have been warned of price rises for bread and cakes after the wet spring reduced crop yields.

Bakers are facing a £50-a-ton hike in the price of flour - equivalent to 13% of the cost of the raw material - and some of that increase is certain to be passed on to customers, said the chairman of the National Association of Master Bakers (NAMB).

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