https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/onsbasket2010s

Tablets to smart speakers: The 2010s in spending
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/onsbasket2010s

2010s basketofgoods consumer history ons spending

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Tablets to smart speakers: The 2010s in spending

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/onsbasket2010s
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2020-01-15T09:28:23.000Z (over 5 years ago)
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• Topics: 2010s, basketofgoods, consumer, history, ons, spending
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# Tablets to smart speakers: The 2010s in spending

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/F1B6/production/_109987816_smartspeaker-nc.png)

At the start of a new decade in January 2020 **Dan Wainwright** looked back at how consumer behaviour had changed over the last ten years, analysing the ONS's 'basket of goods' used to calculate inflation:

> "What went in the basket in the 2010s and what went out with disposable cameras and sat navs?"

## Get the data

* ONS: [Consumer price inflation basket of goods and services](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/ukconsumerpriceinflationbasketofgoodsandservices/previousReleases)

* XLSX: [Analysis of items removed from or added to ONS shopping basket 2010-2019](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/onsbasket2010s/blob/master/basketmaster.xlsx)

* CSV: [Cigarette and e-cigarette smoking prevalence 2010-2018](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/onsbasket2010s/blob/master/cigarettes.csv)

## Quotes and interviews

* Phil Gooding, senior statistician, Office for National Statistics (ONS) 

* Arti Chudasama, owner, The Pantry (a vegetarian and vegan deli and coffee shop in Leicester)

* Lynne Elliot, chief executive, the Vegetarian Society

## Visualisation

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/A396/production/_109987814_smokingestimates-nc.png)

* Line chart: Smoking and vaping in England 2010-2018

* Bar chart: Percentage of homes owning different technology