Question

I Love My Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning information has been made available: Standard Amount per Case Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Standard Price per Pound Cocoa 9 lbs. 6 lbs. $5.00 Sugar 7 lbs. 11 lbs. 0.60 Standard labor time 0.4 hr. 0.5 hr. Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Planned production 3,800 cases 11,700 cases Standard labor rate $16.00 per hr. $16.00 per hr. I Love My Chocolate Company does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, I Love My Chocolate Company had the following actual results: Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Actual production (cases) 3,600 12,200 Actual Price per Pound Actual Pounds Purchased and Used Cocoa $5.10 106,100 Sugar 0.55 155,400 Actual Labor Rate Actual Labor Hours Used Dark chocolate $15.60 per hr. 1,310 Light chocolate 16.40 per hr. 6,250 Required: 1. Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and the total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year: a. Direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total variance. b. Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Answer 1