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Sarah’s Salad Supplier is a high-end producer of different pre-packaged salads that are sold to some of the best restaurants in the world. Following is the company’s April contribution report comparing budgeted and actual results for their chicken salad.
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Static |
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Actual |
Budget |
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Chicken salad sold |
24,700 |
25,000 |
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Revenues |
494,000 |
500,000 |
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Direct materials: |
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Chicken |
204,930 |
210,000 |
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Salad Ingredients |
133,425 |
135,000 |
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Salad Dressing |
19,240 |
18,750 |
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Direct labor |
38,400 |
40,000 |
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Variable overhead |
51,800 |
50,000 |
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| Total variable costs |
447,795 |
453,750 |
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| Contribution margin |
46,205 |
46,250 |
Standard costs for one chicken salad are Chicken 1.2 pounds @ $7.00/pound Salad Ingredients 12 ounces @ $0.45/ounce Salad Dressing 0.6 ounces @ $1.25/ounce Direct labor $9.60/hour (10 minutes per unit at $0.16 per minute) Variable OH $12.00/hour (10 minutes per unit at $0.20 per minute) Variable overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours
Accounting and production records indicate that the company purchased and used the following quantities during the month.
| Purchased | Used | ||||
| Chicken | 30,000 | pounds | 29,700 | pounds | |
| Salad Ingredients | 296,400 | ounces | 296,500 | ounces | |
| Salad Dressing | 15,000 | ounces | 14,800 | ounces | |
| Direct labor | 4,000 | hours |
REQUIRED
Prepare a performance report showing
Actual results, Flexible-Budget Variances, Flexible Budget, Sales-Volume Variances, and Static Budget
Your report should look similar to the following.
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Actual |
Flex-Bud Variance |
Flexible Budget |
Sales-Vol Variance |
Static Budget |
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Chicken salad Sold |
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Revenues |
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Direct materials: |
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Chicken |
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Salad Ingredients |
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Salad Dressing |
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Direct labor |
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Variable overhead |
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Contribution margin |
Calculate the following variances:
Material price variance – Chicken
Material quantity variance – Chicken
Material price variance – Salad Ingredients
Material quantity variance – Salad Ingredients
Material price variance – Salad Dressing
Material quantity variance – Salad Dressing
Labor rate variance
Labor efficiency variance
Variable overhead spending variance
Variable overhead efficiency variance
Name one possible cause for each of the non-zero material and labor variances calculated in part two.
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