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Daniel Keane

Soaring cost of potatoes could force fish and chip shops to close, warns industry boss

Fish and chip shops could be forced to close amid soaring potato costs, an industry leader has warned.

Andrew Crook, president of the National Federation of Fish Friers, claimed that high costs for energy and food could shut chippies after the cost of 25kg potato sacks more than doubled to £20.

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