MA9902C00 Lecture Notes - Subtle Body, Manipura, Muladhara
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This is an case-study-type problem and I am confused.Please help me!
Pop-In Burgers owns numerous restaurants and food productionfacilities. The company routinely evaluates
proposals to drive operational efficiency. Four such proposals arecurrently under review. One entails the
suggestion to close the unprofitable store in Canyon City. Anotheris to outsource the acquisition of onions,
rather than growing them. Another proposal is to sell packaged beefto a non-competing restaurant chain
under a private label. The final proposal is to scrap packagingmaterial that is printed with an old logo. Michelle
Euray is controller for Pop-In Burgers and is reviewingstaff-prepared reports for each proposal. The
reports are summarized as follows:
Canyon City Proposal: The Canyon City store should be closed. Thecompany is a consistent money loser.
Below is an income report for the Canyon City store for the pastyear. Half of the fixed expenses relate to
facilities rent under a 20-year non-cancelable lease. The leasecosts cannot be avoided, and the location is
not able to be subleased to another user.
Spreadsheet | |||||
f x | |||||
A | B | C | D | E | |
1 | Sales | $1,400,000 | |||
2 | Variable expenses | 1,000,000 | |||
3 | Contribution margin | 400,000 | |||
4 | Fixed expenses | 650,000 | |||
5 | Income (loss) | $ (250,000) | |||
6 |
Outsource Onions Proposal: The company spent atotal of $2,000,000 producing onions during the past
year. The onions were grown on a company-owned farm. A vender hasoffered to supply a similar quantity
and grade of onions for $2,200,000. Staff recommends continuing togrow onions because the proposed
purchase price is 10% higher than the cost of growing onions. Staffbelieves it is inappropriate to consider
that the onion farm could be leased to another farmer for $350,000,if it is diverted from onion production.
Sell Packaged Beef Proposal: The other company hasoffered to buy packaged beef at $4 per pound. The
packing plant is well below full capacity and can accommodate therequest without incurring any additional
fixed costs. However, staff believes it would be inappropriate toprice the beef below its own internal cost
of $4.50 per pound, which consists of raw materials ($2.50), directlabor ($0.75), variable factory overhead
($0.25), and fixed factory overhead ($1.00). This transaction wouldresult in no material amount of added
selling, general, or administrative costs.
Scrap Packaging Material Proposal: The companyspent $500,000 on packaging material that is imprinted with
an old logo. It is unlikely this material will ever be used.However, staff recommends against scraping because
this will result in an immediate charge against net income. Itcosts only $2,000 per year to store the material.
Assume the role of Michelle Euray, and critique each staffprepared analysis.
Thank you,