The bar charts illustrate the distribution of food and goods purchased in supermarkets in 3 specific European countries over a 10-year period between 1998 and 2008.
In general, it can be clearly seen that the foodstuffs and items sold by supermarkets in all countries witnessed an upward trend after a decade. Remarkably, the domination of two types of products has shifted from country 2 to the first country at the beginning of 21th century.
Initially, in 1998, the percentage of food bought by individuals in country 1 was 10% which was higher than the data surveyed in third country about approximately 3%, at 7%. Meanwhile, nearly 23% was the data of food sold in supermarkets in the remaining country. After ten years, three countries shared the similar pattern in increasing food sales production. Specifically, first country accounted for 35% of the total food bought in supermarkets, followed by roughly 27% in second country and 8% in the last country.
Turning to a comparable pattern in sale of goods, country 3 was the similar rank level with its categorized name at the end of 20th century, at approximately 2% compared to other countries with identical period in 1998. After the next ten years, items purchased in supermarkets in that country rocketed up to 14%. Additionally, there was a slight increase in the percentage of goods in country 2 between 1998 (23%) and 2008 (27%) about 4%. Last but not least, the first country rose eightfold to 40% in the data of purchased items surveyed in 2008, surpassing the second country 15% with the same category. As a consequence, it led the country 1 to beat the second country and register the domination at the end of the period.