The provided line chart illustrates the total number of beers sold to pubs and supermarkets between the years 2000 and 2016, while a bar graph shows the number of pubs that shut down over the same sixteen year period.
Overall, it is clear that the barrels of beer sold to pubs decreased gradually, while sales to supermarkets fluctuated with ups and downs. In the second graph, the total number of pubs declined slightly over the sixteen year timeframe.
Examining the line graph, the beer sold to pubs started at 25,000 barrels and dropped steadily to less than 15,000 barrels during this period. Meanwhile, the total barrels sold to supermarkets increased to almost 15,000 in 2004. This figure remained stable for nearly four years before experiencing a slight decline in 2008. Notably, both markets reported a similar sales volume in 2014, with each hovering around 15,000 barrels.
In the second bar graph, it is evident that the total number of pubs decreased steadily, starting at 60,000 in 2000 and ending at 50,000 in 2016.
