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Yellow Rose Package $29.95 White Rose Package $39.95 Golden Rose Package $49.95 The Golden Rose Packages...

Yellow Rose Package $29.95
White Rose Package $39.95
Golden Rose Package $49.95
The Golden Rose Packages
Yellow Rose Package White Rose Package Golden Rose Package
Item Cost ($) Item Cost ($) Item Cost ($)
Appetizer Minestrone 1.25 Onion Soup 1.70 Crab Cake 2.25
Entrée Roast Chicken 2.25 Braised Beef Ribs 4.25 Filet Mignon 6.50
Side Yellow Rice 0.25 Roasted Redskins 0.65 Duchesse Potatoes 0.75
Side Steamed Broccoli 0.50 Bacon Green Beans 0.75 Béarnaise Asparagus 0.95
Bread Dinner Rolls 1.00 Basil Loaf 1.25 French Loaf 1.55
Dessert White Cake 0.75 Almond Torte 1.25 Poached Pears 1.85
Beverage Coffee/Tea 1.25 Coffee/Tea 1.25 Coffee/ Tea/ House Wine 4.40
Per guest Total Food Cost ? Total Food Cost ? Total Food Cost ?
Per guest Contribution
Margin
Contribution
Margin
Contribution
Margin
? ? ?
Package

Number Sold

Total Food
Cost ($)

Food Cost %

Total Package
Contribution Margin ($)

Revenue ($)

Yellow Rose 350 ? ? ? ?
White Rose 400 ? ? ? ?
Golden Rose 700 ? ? ? ?
Total ? ? ? ?
Please complete the boxes with question marks and the questions below

a. What was Larry’s weighted average per guest sale (check average)?

Answer:

b. What was Larry’s overall food cost percentage?  

Answer:

c. What was Larry’s weighted average per guest contribution margin?

Answer:

d. Assume you were asked to give input on pricing the menu? What is more important, gross margin or cost of the food? (or are they equally important?) Why?

e. Are their too many options in the packages being offered?  Why or why not?  Why would a reception hall offer a variety of 'packages'?

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Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials,...

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 78,000 units of product were as follows: Standard Costs Actual Costs Direct materials 241,800 lbs. at $5.30 239,400 lbs. at $5.10 Direct labor 19,500 hrs. at $16.20 19,950 hrs. at $16.50 Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 20,350 direct labor hrs.: Variable cost, $4.20 $81,080 variable cost Fixed cost, $6.60 $134,310 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Material Price Variance $ Favorable
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $ Favorable
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $ Favorable

b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $ Unfavorable
Direct Labor Time Variance $ Unfavorable
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $ Unfavorable

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $ Favorable
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $ Unfavorable
Total factory overhead cost variance $ Unfavorable

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Sawaya Co., Ltd., of Japan is a manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate considerably...

Sawaya Co., Ltd., of Japan is a manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate considerably from year to year according to increases and decreases in the number of direct labor-hours worked in the factory. Total factory overhead costs at high and low levels of activity for recent years are given below:

Level of Activity

Low High
  Direct labor-hours 47,100 62,800
  Total factory overhead costs $ 249,500 $ 280,900

The factory overhead costs above consist of indirect materials, rent, and maintenance. The company has analyzed these costs at the 47,100-hour level of activity as follows:

   
  Indirect materials (variable) $ 70,650
  Rent (fixed) 130,000
  Maintenance (mixed) 48,850
  Total factory overhead costs $ 249,500

To have data available for planning, the company wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements.

Required:
1.

Estimate how much of the $280,900 factory overhead cost at the high level of activity consists of maintenance cost. (Hint: To do this, it may be helpful to first determine how much of the $280,900 consists of indirect materials and rent. Think about the behavior of variable and fixed costs!) (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

2.

Using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Variable cost element" to 2 decimal places.)

Direct labor hours Maintenance cost

High level of activity

Low Level of activity
Change

Variable cost element
Fixed cost element

Y= + X

What total factory overhead costs would you expect the company to incur at an operating level of 51,810 direct labor-hours? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Total factory overhead cost




     

     

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Hiram’s Lakeside is a popular restaurant located on Lake Washington in Seattle. The owner of the...

Hiram’s Lakeside is a popular restaurant located on Lake Washington in Seattle. The owner of the restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student intern to conduct an activity-based costing study. The intern, in consultation with the owner, identified three major activities and then completed the first-stage allocations of costs to the activity cost pools. The results appear below.

Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Total Cost Total Activity
Serving a party of diners Number of parties served $ 11,220 5,100 parties
Serving a diner Number of diners served $ 109,470 12,300 diners
Serving drinks Number of drinks ordered $ 25,440 10,600 drinks

The above costs include all of the costs of the restaurant except for organization-sustaining costs such as rent, property taxes, and top-management salaries.

Some costs, such as the cost of cleaning the linens that cover the restaurant's tables, vary with the number of parties served. Other costs, such as washing plates and glasses, depend on the number of diners served or the number of drinks served.

Prior to the activity-based costing study, the owner knew very little about the costs of the restaurant. She knew that the total cost for the month (including organization-sustaining costs) was $180,000 and that 12,000 diners had been served. Therefore, the average cost per diner was $15.

Required:

1&2. According to the activity-based costing system, what is the total cost and average cost per diner for serving each of the following parties of diners?

Total Cost Average Cost
a. A party of three diners who order four drinks in total. per diner
b. A party of two diners who do not order any drinks. per diner
c. A party of one diner who orders two drinks. per diner

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Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials,...

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 74,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 229,400 lbs. at $5.10 227,100 lbs. at $4.90
Direct labor 18,500 hrs. at $17.50 18,930 hrs. at $17.80
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 19,310 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.20 $76,920 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.60 $127,446 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Materials Price Variance $ Favorable
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $ Favorable
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $ Favorable

b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $ Unfavorable
Direct Labor Time Variance $ Unfavorable
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $ Unfavorable

c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $ Favorable
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $ Unfavorable
Total factory overhead cost variance $ Unfavorable

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Magic Company makes three types of radios for small aircraft-model A, model B, and model C....

Magic Company makes three types of radios for small aircraft-model A, model B, and model C. The manufacturing operations are mechanized and there is no direct labor. Manufacturing overhead costs are significant, and Orlando has adopted an activity-based costing system. Direct materials costs per unit for each model are as follows:

Model A                                             $28

Model B                                             $32

Model C                                             $40

Magic Company has three activities-assembly, materials management, and testing. The cost driver for assembly is machine hours. The cost driver for materials management is number of parts, and the cost driver for testing is the number of units of product. Total costs and production volumes for the year 2012 were estimated as follows:

Activities

Total cost of activities

Cost Allocation Base of Each Activity

Total Numbers of Cost Drivers

Assembly

$780,000

Machine hours

120,000

Materials management

$120,000

Parts

80,000

Testing

$22,500

Units

5,000

The Model A radio requires 12 parts to construct, and also requires 16 machine hours of processing.

The Model B radio requires 15 parts to construct, and also requires 18 machine hours of processing.

The Model C radio requires 19 parts to construct, and also requires 20.5 machine hours of processing.

Requirements:

  1. Calculate the cost allocation rate for each activity.
  2. Calculate the indirect cost allocated to one unit of Model A, Model B, and Model C under ABC system.
  3. What is the total manufacturing cost to make one unit of Model A, Model B, and Model C under ABC system?
  4. Suppose that instead of an ABC System Company has a traditional product costing system that allocates indirect costs on the basis of machine hours (total machine hours of the period are 120.000). Calculate allocation rate (round to the nearest dollar) and total manufacturing cost under traditional costing system.

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Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials,...

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 78,000 units of product were as follows: Standard Costs Actual Costs Direct materials 195,000 lbs. at $5.50 193,100 lbs. at $5.40 Direct labor 19,500 hrs. at $18.40 19,950 hrs. at $18.70 Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 20,350 direct labor hrs.: Variable cost, $2.80 $54,050 variable cost Fixed cost, $4.40 $89,540 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor. Required: a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Direct Material Price Variance $ Direct Materials Quantity Variance $ Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $ b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Direct Labor Rate Variance $ Direct Labor Time Variance $ Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $ c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Variable factory overhead controllable variance $ Fixed factory overhead volume variance $ Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials,...

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 78,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 202,800 lbs. at $5.50 200,800 lbs. at $5.30
Direct labor 19,500 hrs. at $16.10 19,950 hrs. at $16.40
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 20,350 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $2.90 $55,980 variable cost
Fixed cost, $4.60 $93,610 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Material Price Variance $
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $

b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $
Direct Labor Time Variance $
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct materials 196,000 lbs. at $4.90 194,000 lbs. at $4.70 Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $16.30...

Direct materials 196,000 lbs. at $4.90 194,000 lbs. at $4.70
Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $16.30 17,900 hrs. at $16.60
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.20 $55,440 variable cost
Fixed cost, $5.10 $93,126 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Materials Price Variance $fill in the blank 1
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $fill in the blank 3
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $fill in the blank 5

b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $fill in the blank 7
Direct Labor Time Variance $fill in the blank 9
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $fill in the blank 11

c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $fill in the blank 13
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $fill in the blank 15
Total factory overhead cost variance $fill in the blank 17

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Sawaya Co., Ltd., of Japan is a manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate considerably...

Sawaya Co., Ltd., of Japan is a manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate considerably from year to year according to increases and decreases in the number of direct labor-hours worked in the factory. Total factory overhead costs at high and low levels of activity for recent years are given below:

Level of Activity

Low High
  Direct labor-hours 47,100 62,800
  Total factory overhead costs $ 245,580 $ 273,840

The factory overhead costs above consist of indirect materials, rent, and maintenance. The company has analyzed these costs at the 47,100-hour level of activity as follows:

   
  Indirect materials (variable) $ 61,230
  Rent (fixed) 127,000
  Maintenance (mixed) 57,350
  Total factory overhead costs $ 245,580

To have data available for planning, the company wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements.

Required:
1.

Estimate how much of the $273,840 factory overhead cost at the high level of activity consists of maintenance cost. (Hint: To do this, it may be helpful to first determine how much of the $273,840 consists of indirect materials and rent. Think about the behavior of variable and fixed costs!) (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Maintenance cost at high level of activity_________

2.

Using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Variable cost element" to 2 decimal places.)

Direct Labor-Hours Maintenance Cost
High level of activity
Low level of activity
Change
Variable cost element per DLH
Fixed cost element

Y =_____ +______X

3.

What total factory overhead costs would you expect the company to incur at an operating level of 51,810 direct labor-hours? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Total Factory overhead cost____

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