Band 8+: 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 line graph compares the dynamics of bread, buns and pies sales in 2014. The data is given for a bakery and presented in thousands of dollars.

Overall, it is clear that throughout the period, all the pastry types did not stay stable in terms of sales. The most significant fluctuations are shown for bread purchasing, while pies had the biggest growth in sales.

At the start of the year, the three goods had drastically different numbers, namely 10 thousand dollars for pies, 40 thousand dollars for buns and twice as more for bread. Both buns and pies experienced an increase in sales at first, which was more significant for buns (by 30 thousand dollars). Then both figures levelled off, staying stable from May to August (buns) and from August to October (pies). After that, buns showed a sharp decrease by 40 thousand dollars, and they were outrun by pie sales that had reached 40 thousand dollars by December.

As for the bread, its initial position as a sales leader (80 thousand dollars) was also valid in December. Between the peaks, however, bread experienced very noticeable fluctuations, dropping to its lowest point of 40 thousand dollars in May.