The provided chart depicts how the amount of money spent on fast food is categorized by income group in the UK 1990, while the graph below illustrates the trend in the consumption of fast food over 20 year period.
Looking from an overall perspective, while it is readily apparent that expenditure on hamburgers is a major contribution to fast food in all income groups, the graph shows the figure for fish and chips is at the forefront of fast food consumption.
Looking at the first chart more closely, it can be seen that the figure for expenditure on hamburger witnessed a remarkable decrease from high to low income, starting with 42 pence per person per week in the high-income group and falling to 14 pence when it comes to the low-income group. Besides, the figure for pizza also saw a downward trend based on people's earnings with 19 pence in the high-income group and ended with a visible decrease of 13 pence when it reached the low-income group. In contrast, the figure for fish and chips displayed a fluctuation of around 14 and 20 pence per person per week.
Regarding the below graph, we can see that the figure for the amount of hamburger and fish & chips per person showed a similar upward trend. While the figure for burger started at 25 grams for each person in 1970 and reached nearly 300 grams at the end of the course, the figure for fish & chips started from a higher place, at approximately 80 grams per person, and rose dramatically to 500 grams in 1990. On the other hand, the figure for pizza witnessed a downward trend throughout the given period with 300 grams per person in 1970 to 200 grams at the end of the course.
