The pie charts below show the percentage of five types of food sold by a supermarket in 2003 and 2013. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The pie charts compare the consumption of several kinds of food in a store in the years 2003 and 2013.
It is conspicuous that the proportion of
meat
, seafood and fruits sold in the supermarket rose from 2003 to 2013, while
the percentage of eggs and vegetables decreased in this
period. Also
, the consumption of vegetables ranked No.1 on the selling list in 2003, but meat
took its place in 2013.
In 2003, there was the lowest consumption of fruits in the given store, which only accounted for 15 per cent
, Nevertheless
, it saw a negligible amount of increment in 2013, with the proportion increasing by 2 per cent
. Simultaneously, the proportion of eggs used to occupy 20 per cent
of the total expenditure fell to 14 per cent
in 2013.
It is worth mentioning that a modest decline could be seen in the sales percentage of vegetables where the figure shrank from 25 per cent
to 23 per cent
. Additionally
, the changes in the expenditure on seafood and meat
showed some resemblances. The figure for seafood grew from 19 per cent
to 21 per cent
and the amount of meat
increased more significantly, with a rise of 4 per cent
between 2003 and 2013.Submitted by Evalynn on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words meat, cent with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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