article_snippet: The alterations reflect the changing shopping habits and lifestyles of the typical Briton, with 13 items added and eight removed by the Office for National Statistics this year.
article_snippet: The data suggested that DIY habits are also changing, with coloured paints replacing white.
article_snippet: the basket has radically changed since the figures were first collected in 1947.
article_snippet: In the 1940s, the basket included an unskinned wild rabbit, a gallon of lamp oil and a table mangle for wringing out wet washing.
highlights_snippet: Office for National Statistics reveals our changing shopping habits .
  