The line graph illustrates how much money was spent per week on three types of fast food in Lakeville between 2000 and 2020.
Overall, there was an increase in spending on hamburgers and fried chicken and a decrease in the amount of money spent on pizza. Fried chicken also had the highest expenditure by the end of the period.
Spending on pizza started at $420 compared to $300 for hamburgers in 2000. These numbers rose significantly over the next ten years, reaching a peak of $780 and $500 respectively in 2010. Pizza sales then experienced a dramatic decline of $360 in 2015 before decreasing more gradually to $370 at the end of the period. There was also a fall in hamburger spending on hamburgers to $380 in 2015, but this figure increased slightly to $450 in 2020.
The weekly expenditures on fried chicken, despite the relatively low figures during the initial decade, saw a significant increase. Starting at 150 US dollars in 2000, this amount rose to 250 US dollars before dropping slightly by 40 US dollars. Over the next ten years, there was a surge in spending, with the figure more than tripling from 210 to 700 US dollars per week in 2010.