The UK is becoming a nation in a hurry, as coffee pods and microwave rice pouches enter the basket of goods used to measure inflation.
Coffee pods were a "distinct and growing product", the Office for National Statistics (ONS) declared.
The pods are used to make a cup which tastes like real coffee, but can be made in a matter of seconds.
However, nightclub entry fees and re-writeable DVDs are among the costs removed from the calculations.
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Microwave rice, in either a pouch or a tray, has been added as it reflects a long-term trend towards prepared foods.



