Changes to the list of more than 700 items show 'the impact of the pandemic still evident in our shopping habits', the ONS said.
"Last year's lockdown living saw an increase in the number of us working out and exercising.
Other changes include the single doughnut leaving the basket as sales of individual cakes decline in favour of multipacks - another change attributed to home working.A boom in pet ownership during the pandemic has resulted in dog and cat collars entering the list. The switch away from coal sees the once-ubiquitous household fuel dropped ahead of a ban on its domestic use next year as part of action to combat climate change, the ONS said.
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