1. What price does the retailer pay? 2. What price does the wholesaler pay? 3. What is Coke's variable cost of goods sold per unit? 4. What is Coke's contribution per unit? 5. How many units does Coke have to sell to break even? 6. At wholesale prices, what is Coke's breakeven dollar amount. 7. What percent of the relevant market would Coke need to capture to break even?

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Suppose Coca Cola launches a new Tab energy drink.
They have spent years and approximately 500,000 on
research and development and test marketing. They plan to
offer the drink only in urban areas representing 80% of the
US Market which is estimated at 50 million cans. When they
launch, they plan to offer a $0.25 coupon. Historically, only
20% of US consumers actually redeem coupons. Coca Cola
plans to use an aggressive advertising and marketing
campaign that represent fixed costs of $2,000,000.
Suggested Retail Price
Cost of Materials
Cost of Labor
Coupon (with 20% redemption rate) S.25
Retail Margin
Wholesaler Margin
$1.00 bottle
s0.20/ bottle
s.07/ bottle
20% off retail price
10% of the retailer's cost
1. What price does the retailer pay?
2. What price does the wholesaler pay?
3. What is Coke's variable cost of goods sold per unit?
4. What is Coke's contribution per unit?
5. How many units does Coke have to sell to break even?
6. At wholesale prices, what is Coke's breakeven dollar
amount.
7. What percent of the relevant market would Coke need to
capture to break even?
Transcribed Image Text:3. Suppose Coca Cola launches a new Tab energy drink. They have spent years and approximately 500,000 on research and development and test marketing. They plan to offer the drink only in urban areas representing 80% of the US Market which is estimated at 50 million cans. When they launch, they plan to offer a $0.25 coupon. Historically, only 20% of US consumers actually redeem coupons. Coca Cola plans to use an aggressive advertising and marketing campaign that represent fixed costs of $2,000,000. Suggested Retail Price Cost of Materials Cost of Labor Coupon (with 20% redemption rate) S.25 Retail Margin Wholesaler Margin $1.00 bottle s0.20/ bottle s.07/ bottle 20% off retail price 10% of the retailer's cost 1. What price does the retailer pay? 2. What price does the wholesaler pay? 3. What is Coke's variable cost of goods sold per unit? 4. What is Coke's contribution per unit? 5. How many units does Coke have to sell to break even? 6. At wholesale prices, what is Coke's breakeven dollar amount. 7. What percent of the relevant market would Coke need to capture to break even?
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