The bar graph illustrates the number of items sold by two bakeries, Lovely Loaves and Bernie’s Buns in London in 2010.
Overall, Bernie’s Buns outperformed Lovelly Loaves in most categories. In adddition, doughnuts was the best-selling food in both bakeries, while rolls and salads were the least popular items among customers in Lovely Loaves and Bernie’s Buns, repectively.
Regarding Bernie’s Buns, dounghnuts recorded the highest sales on Saturdays, with nearly 140 items sold, followed by cookies and cakes, with aproximately 120 and 100 items sold, sequentially. Meanwhile, sales of toastes sandwiches and crisps are nearly identical, at around 80 items each. In contrast, salads recored the lowest sales, at just under 20 units – almost seven times lower than those of dounghnuts. Similarly,sales of fresh loaves and rolls also lagged significantly behind those of top-selling items, with 40 and around 20 units sold, respectively.
Moving to Lovely Loaves, dounghnuts still remained the best selling products, with over 120 items sold, although the figure was about 10 units lower than that in Bernie’s Buns. Cakes ranked second, with nearly 80 items sold, followed by cookies and salads, both of which had similar sales figures of over 60 units. Likewise, sandwiches, fresh loaves and crisps were sold in similar quantities, each exceeding 60 units. The lowest sales figure belonged to rolls, at just over 20 units. Additionally, fresh loaves and salads were the only two categories where Lovely Loaves outperformed Bernie’s Buns, with salad sales at the former nearly trippling those at the latter.