The two charts compare various Western countries’ supermarket constitutions in terms of foodstuff and other groceries in 2 different years, 1998 and 2008.
On the whole, it can be seen that people in all countries, especially in
Country
1, became more willing to buy food and goods in supermarkets in the survey period.
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To begin
with, in 1998, up to 24% of the food bought in Linking Words
Country
2 was from supermarkets, Use synonyms
whereas
the figure for Linking Words
Country
1 was only 10%. Use synonyms
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, only after a decade, Linking Words
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number experienced a tremendous growth of 25% to 35%, overtaking Linking Words
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2 as the largest percentage. As to Use synonyms
Country
3, the statistics in both years remain relatively stable at around 7%.
A similar pattern can be observed in the second chart where, in Use synonyms
Country
3 in 1998 and 2008, merely below 10% of goods were purchased in supermarkets. Use synonyms
Likewise
, the proportion of supermarket goods in Linking Words
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also
stayed comparatively unchanged, but at a much higher level of approximately 30%. Linking Words
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but not least, the year 2008 witnessed a fundamental surge in that of Linking Words
Country
1 to 40%, quadrupling the original value in 1998.Use synonyms
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