The given bar charts illustrate the proportion of food and other items traded in supermarkets in 3 European countries over a ten-year period from 1998 to 2008.
In general, what stands out from the chart is that there were upward trends in both percentage of food and goods in 3 given countries over the period in question.
Looking at the details, regarding country 1, in 1998, the proportion of grocery was just 10% and that of other commodities was under 5%. Over the period, those figure for food and goods witnessed a significant jump to 35% and approximately 40%, respectively. With respect to merely 25% of both percentage of food and goods purchased in 1998, the figures went up sightly to around 27% in 2008.
If we look at country 3, the percentage for food purchase was nearly 6% in 1998 and underwent a moderate growth to 8% in 2008. Additionally, despite of just under 2% in total purchase list, the proportion of goods bought in supermarkets plummeted to reach a point of 15% in 2008.