Alcohol-free beer and houmous used to measure inflation as UK shifts to healthier living
Corroborated by 2 sources from 2 publishers
globalsports1d ago
TL;DR
Reports differ across sources; according to theguardian.com, the UK’s increasing sobriety will be recognised from next month in the basket of goods used to calculate inflation after alcohol-free beer was added to a list by the Office for National Statistics totalling 760 items.
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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8eg3g4lklno?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
1d ago
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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8eg3g4lklno?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
1d ago
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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8eg3g4lklno?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
1d ago
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The Guardian (World)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/16/alcohol-free-beer-uk-inflation-basket-prices-cpi-rpi-ons-hummus-pet-grooming
1d ago