Band 9: The line charts show the amount of beer sold to pubs and supermarkets over six years, where a bar graph displays the amount of pubs closed over the same period.

The line graph illustrates the volume of beer sold in the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2016, while the bar chart displays the total quantity of pubs over the same period.

Overall, although beer sales to pubs were initially the highest, these sales eventually dropped considerably, while supermarket sales rose steadily and overtook pub sales. Moreover, the total number of pubs experienced a consistently decrease throughout the period.

In 2000, beer sales to pubs stood at around 24,000 thousand barrels, which was considerably higher than the 11,000 thousand sold to supermarkets. However, this figure declined sharply over the next decade, falling below supermarket sales in 2014. By 2016, sales to pubs dropped to approximately 11,000, while sales to supermarkets rose slightly and surpassed 13,000.

In terms of the number of pubs, there was a steady decline from about 60,000 in 2000 to just under 50,000 by 2016. The decrease was gradual but consistent, reflecting a possible shift in consumer preference away from pub drinking towards other forms of alcohol consumption.