Good morning.
The impact of war in Europe on markets has been wide-ranging, driving up prices for everything from oil and gas to nickel and aluminium.
But conflict in Ukraine – often dubbed the “breadbasket of Europe” – also threatens supermarket prices.
Wheat has soared to its highest level since 2008, while corn and soybean prices are also on the rise amid concerns supplies could be upended.
The price rises will add further inflationary pressures and threaten to intensify the cost-of-living crisis.
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