The table gives information about the number of different types of fast food-hamburger, fried chicken, salad, fried rice, and noodles-consumed in Melbourne in 2005, now and anticipations for 2025.
Overall, the preference of people for fast food is always high and also bright future is predicted. Hamburger was not only the most common type of fast food in the past, but also it still maintains its dominance and expected to increase in 2025. Notably, although salad was the least eaten food in 2005, the amount of current consumption is comparable high and predicted to increase in the future.
Regarding hamburger, fried chicken and salad, the amount of consumption is relatively higher compared to remaining others in general. In 2005, the number of consumed hamburger was 40 units which is a mere 2 units higher than present and might increase to 51 units by 2025. The fried chicken was the second most preferred food, constituting 35 units in 2005, it makes up 37 units now and predicted to rise by 8 units in the upcoming years. It is interesting to note that salad showed only 5 units in the past, but it has been tripled by nowadays and anticipated to plunge to 41 units from current 15 units, the most significant growth in the entire survey.
Turning to remaining , they both are the least consumed type of fast food for nearly all years. In 2005, the fried rice and noodles both saw a solid 6 units and yet the former is 9 units while the latter accounts for 8 units now. In the future, the number of consumed fried rice will be stayed stable while the noodles also will increase to 9 units.