Studler’s Restaurant is considering a contract to supply the weal senior citizen center with 10,000 meals.
Regular sales at regular prices would be unaffected. The food cost for each meal s S3 Additional costs incurred
as a result of the contract would De variable overhead of S 50 and variable selling general and administrative
costs of S SO per meal sold. The selling price per meal would be $5, A total of $20,000 in fixed costs would
be allocated at $2 per meal. The fixed costs are part of an overall total of $500,000 in annual fixed costs
incurred regardless of the contract. What will be the effect on pretax income if Studiers takes the special
order?
Plenary Inc specializes in overnight package delivery. Total packages delivered last year were 10 000.000. and
this quantity is expected to remain unchanged in the coming year. Unit contribution margin is $4,50 and total
fixed costs are S40.000,000. The firm's 300 delivery truck drivers are seeking a S10 000 raise in annual salary
In addition to a current base salary of $45 000 per year, the drivers receive a commission of $0 50 per package
delivered If the firm grants the $10,000 salary increase to each driver and seeks to maintain the same level of
pre-tax operating profit what is the maximum amount of commission the firm can pay its drivers per package
delivered?
L&H Sports owns and operates several stadiums used for baseball and soccer games Management is
considering installing machines that would be used to roast peanuts on the premises. This equipment would
allow L&H to sell freshly roasted peanuts rather than the pre-roasted peanuts that are currently sold Marketing
studies suggest that this feature would increase peanut sales.
The roasters can be purchased in several sizes, and the annual rental fees and operating costs vary with the size
of the roaster Information about the roasters is shown below.
L&H currently sells pre-roasted peanuts for $0 60 pet bag. Management plans to sell the freshly roasted
peanuts for a higher price but at no more than a 10% increase. The demand for freshly roasted peanuts is
estimated to be 250, 000 bags pet year. Which roaster should L&H purchase to maximize its profit?
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