Doughnuts
(Picture: Getty Images)Doughnuts have been thrown out and meat-free sausages added to the official basket of goods used to calculate the rate of inflation, in a reflection of increasingly health-conscious British lifestyles.
The annual rejig of the collection of around 730 consumer products and services also saw the addition of canned pulses because of the “growth in vegetarianism and veganism... being driven by the younger generations as a result of growing social responsibility and health awareness.”
