“Create a donut chart for Oak Street Bakery's June sales totaling $48,600: Bread $18,400, Pastries $13,200, Cakes $9,700, and Coffee $7,300.”
Read the decisions behind it.
Bread is the largest category.
Compare sales mix with gross margin by category.
Match counter space to demand.
Use for a small number of product categories that sum to one period's sales.
Other examples in this family.
Common questions
What does the center total mean?
It is the June sales total represented by all slices.
Why only four slices?
Few categories make part-to-whole comparisons easier to read.
Can this show profit?
It can show profit categories, but this example shows sales revenue.