The given line graph illustrates how the prices of fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, carbonated drinks, and the consumer-price index changed from 1978 to 2009.
Overall, the prices of all the three groups increased. Although the trends were similar, sugary products’ prices were lower than the consumer-price index, while the value of fresh fruits and vegetables was higher than that.
It was clearly seen that the trend of the general consumer index rose steadily over the 30-year period, from approximately 60 to up to 200 in 2009. The prices of sugar and sweets rapidly inched from around 60 to precisely 100 in 1982, then there was a rise over the next 26 years. Carbonated drinks also had the same growth, went up from about 60 to 150, lower than sugar and sweets yet no sudden expansion was reported.
About vegetables and fresh fruits, there was a significant rise from the lowest point – 60 to over 300 and reached the peak of 350 in the year 2008. Even though the fluctuation could be seen, the trend still expanded steadily.