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{{About|the Scottish shortbread and biscuit manufacturer|the British snack food company|Walkers (snack foods)}}
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'''Walkers Shortbread''' is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] manufacturer of [[shortbread]], [[biscuit]]s, [[cookie]]s and [[cracker (food)|crackers]]. The company is Scotland's biggest exporter of food<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://scotlandonsundaywww.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id|title=1063102007Business Scotland&#124; onThe Sunday - Business]Scotsman|website=www.scotsman.com}}</ref> and employs over 4,000 people in 15 locations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.englishteastore.com/walkers-shortbread-history.html|title=History of Walkers Shortbread|website=www.englishteastore.com|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Walkers Shortbread operates four factories in Aberlour, where the company is also headquartered, and two in nearby Elgin, Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biscuitpeople.com/magazine/post/Walkers-Shortbread|title=Walkers Shortbread|date=2017-01-11|website=Biscuit people|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
 
The company's well-known shortbread is baked in the [[Moray]] village of [[Aberlour]], following a recipe developed by Joseph Walker in 1898.<ref>[http://www.walkersshortbread.com/uk/about/]{{dead link|date=June 2021}}</ref>
 
==History==
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In 2006, Walkers announced that the bakery in Aberlour would be closing and turning into a research facility for the company.<ref>[http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/85265 "Walkers Shortbread closing village bakery" - PoliticalGateway.com] 13 June 2006</ref>
 
The company has received the [[Queen's Award for Export]] Achievement three times, "the highest accolade given to British exporters."<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkersshortbread.com/uk/about/history/ |title=WalkersShortbread.com - History]}}</ref> Walkers Shortbread is also still owned and managed by the Walker family.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bindrim|first1=Kira|title=Walkers Shortbread names new CEO|url=http://newyorkbusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070702/FREE/70702015/-1/rss01&rssfeed=rss01|accessdate=8 June 2015|work=newyorkbusiness.com|publisher=Crain Communications, Inc.|date=2 July 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927070227/http://newyorkbusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070702/FREE/70702015/-1/rss01&rssfeed=rss01|archivedate=27 September 2007}}</ref>
 
In 2017 Walkers Shortbread was granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment from Her Majesty The Queen for the supply of Shortbread to the Royal Household.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walkersshortbread.com/blog/post/Royal_Warrant/|title=Her Majesty The Queen Grants Royal Warrant To Walkers For Shortbread|website=www.walkersshortbread.com|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> Walkers Oatcakes had previously received the Royal Warrant in 2002.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}