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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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| Â |
Direct labor |
38,400 |
40,000 |
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Variable overhead |
51,800 |
50,000 |
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| Â | Total variable costs |
447,795 |
453,750 |
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| Â | Contribution margin |
46,205 |
46,250 |
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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.
| Â | Â | Purchased | Used | ||
| Â | Chicken | 30,000 | pounds | 29,700 | pounds |
| Â | Salad Ingredients | 296,400 | ounces | 296,500 | ounces |
| Â | Salad Dressing | 15,000 | ounces | 14,800 | ounces |
| Â | Direct labor | Â | Â | 4,000 | hours |
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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 |
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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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