The graphs illustrate the proportion of food and products purchased in the grocery shops in three countries in Europe from 1998 to 2008.
Overall, it is noticeable that the amount of food and commodities bought in three nations seemed to increase over ten years. While country 1 and country 2 contributed to the percentage of products, country 3 was the lowest contributor in both categories.
Looking at the first bar chart, there was a significant growth in the quantity of food consumed in country 1 from 10% to 35%. However, this data for country 2 rose modestly by 5% , started at nearly 22% and ended at around 27%. Only a few rises could be seen in the consumption of food from supermarkets, between 6% and just 8% in a decade.
Moving to the other chart, the years between 1998 and 2008 witnessed a considerable increase in the proportion of commodities bought in supermarkets from 3% to 40%. This is followed by this figure of country 2, which boosted by 1%, approximately to 26%. There was a notable change in the consumption of goods in country 3 raised from 1% to nearly 15% in 2008.