'If we can't afford tattie scones, we're in a bad place': Bakers' fears over soaring prices

(Left to right) Brownings director Matthew Short, Kilmarnock MP Alan Brown, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford and Ian McGhee, president of Scottish Bakers

THE maker of the famous Killie pie fears people may stop buying rolls, cakes and tattie scones as prices soar and energy bills threaten to become crippling for households.

Matthew Short (below, left), director of Kilmarnock bakery Brownings, said his firm was currently coping with soaring energy prices but warned the businesses’ costs would shoot up by £2 million from October.