In Recent Years There Has Been a Change in the Grocery

question 6

Essay

In recent years there has been a change in the grocery shopping habits of shoppers. "Non-traditional" stores such as gas stations and Wal-Marts are now selling groceries. The stacked bar chart below shows the percentages of market share for Traditional, Non-traditional, and Convenience stores for 1988 and 2005. (a)In a few sentences describe how the proportions of market share have changed for traditional grocery stores from 1988 to 2005.
(b)The market share for which type of store has grown the most, compared to their market share in 1988. What aspect of the chart shows this?

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