Graph Writing # 158 - Sales made by a coffee shop in an office building on a typical weekday
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing - Table:
» You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The table below shows sales made by a coffee shop in an office building on a typical weekday.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
» Write at least 150 words.
Sample Answer 1:
The table illustrates the sales in a coffee shop in a building on a particular weekday.
Overall, it is clear that the coffee shop has highest sales of all types of food and drink in the morning from 7.30 to 10.30 except sandwiches whereas the lowest sales for the coffee shop for all kinds of food and drink starts from 2.30 to 5.30 with an exception of pastries.
Firstly, the coffee shop sells more foods and drinks in the morning section that are coffee (265), tea (110) and pastries (275) than any other section. The coffee shop has their second highest sales in the last section which starts from 5.30 to 8.30 for most of their foods and drinks except pastries, which has the lowest sales among the four sections. It is then followed by the period from 10.30 to 2.30. Interestingly, sandwiches have its peak sales from 10.30 to 2.30 (200). The business hours with the least sales in foods and drinks start from 2.30 to 5.30.
Not forgetting to mention the fact that coffee is the best seller among all foods and drinks on a daily basis, it is followed by pastries. The third best seller in the shop is sandwiches and tea is the fourth.
[Written by - Lee Wing Qeen]
Model Answer 2:
The table illustrates the sales produced by a coffee shop inside an office building in a regular weekday. It is clearly seen that the most peak time of the coffee shop is the early morning, which is 7:30 to 10:30 am.
It is seen that the coffee shop obtains their highest sales during 7:30 am to 10:30 am with a 700 total sales volume followed by the next time shift, which is 10:30 to 2:30 pm, with a total of 530 sales. During the 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm time shift, the coffee shop's sales stands a total of 465. On the contrary, the lowest products sell could be observed during the afternoon period, which is 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. However, evening time shift (5:30 pm to 8:30 pm) makes a better sale than the afternoon sale with 465 sales in total.
Overall, coffee is the most consumed item in the coffee shop with about 8 hundred sales per day followed by pastries and sandwich sales with 600 and 400 respectively. The tea, on the other hand, is the least bought product, 270 cups in a day, by the consumers in a typical weekday.
In summary, 7:30 am to 10:30 am is the most peak time of the coffee shop. Respectively, coffee is the most sought product in the shop and tea is the least bought product the consumers.
[Written by - Janine]
Overall, on a typical weekday, most customers buy food and drinks in the morning between 7.30 and 10.30 and evening between 5.30 and 8.30.
Now turning to the details, the demand for the coffee in this shop is exactly 795 on a day which is nearly three times than the demand for the tea. Moreover, 600 pastries are sold daily which is greater than the sandwich sale. Interestingly, the lowest sales of the coffee shop for all kinds of food and drinks is made from 2.30 to 5.30, except for the sales of pastries. The highest order among all is coffee which accounts for 700 units followed by the sales of pastries.
More coffee, tea, and pastries are bought between 7.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. than any other time of the day. Fewer food and drinks are purchased by the customers during the next 4 hours except for sandwiches. Its sale quadruples than the previous hours. The highest number of sandwiches are sold from 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., 200 to be precise. Finally, in the evening, from 5.30 to 8.30, the sales of drinks and sandwiches soar than noontime sales.
Overall, the highest sales of coffee, tea and pastries were recorded during the morning time, while the best sales volume for sandwiches were recorded at late morning and noon. Moreover, the lowest sales were recorded during the afternoon except for pastries.
In terms of highest sales, it was recorded at 7:30-10:30 for coffee (265), tea(110) and pastries (275). The largest sales volume for sandwiches (200) was recorded at 10:30-2:30. Contrary to this, the lowest sales were recorded for coffee(145), tea(35) and sandwiches (40) at 2:30-5:30 while for pastries (80) at 5:30-8:30 respectively.
The shop sold around 800 cups of coffee on a typical day, and customer demand for tea was at least 3 times lower than that. It is evident that tea was preferred in the morning while the demands for sandwiches were later in the morning. Finally, the shop sold the highest number of items in the morning.
Overall, coffee is the main menu of the shop and it shows the highest order among all food and drink items. Consumers considerably request cuisine and beverage mostly between 7.30 am. and 10.30 am.
In term of coffee, it is sold on average 200 cups per three hours which is around double than the average of sandwich sales and almost three times as many as tea orders. Similarly, the average of sandwiches order is also high, gaining on average 150 pieces per slot of time. Morning seems to be the most crowded time where consumers request 275 pieces of pastries followed by 265 and 110 cups of coffee and tea respectively. In the following time, sandwiches are ordered the highest, sold out of 200 pieces as opposed to 50 cups of tea. Between 2.30 and 5.30, neither tea nor sandwiches are enjoyed by people that much, as they are ordered just below 40. In the evening, the sale of coffee is 200 cups which is over double than other meals and drink orders.
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