Band 7+: The graph below gives information about the sales of the three most commonly purchased items in a particular bakery for the year 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph shows the value of sales of popular baked goods in an individual bakery in 2014.

Overall, bread and buns appear to have been more profitable than pies but the sales of buns ended the period in steep decline, ending up even below pie sales.

In January, sales of bread were valued at $80,000 but this figure fell to around $45,000 in March and fluctuated between $40,000 and $65,000 until September. The last quarter, however, saw a jump in the value of bread sales to finish where it was at the beginning of the year.

The sales of buns followed quite a different pattern. In January, bun sales stood at $40,000 but quickly rose to $70,000 in May and remained stable until August, after which they plunged to just $30,000 in December.

The value of pies sold slowly increased from $10,000 in January to reach $20,000 in August. Sales then levelled off but went up sharply in the last two months of the year to close just ahead of buns at $40,000. Pies were the only item where sales figures in December exceeded those in January.