A grocery chain named Fresh Breeze Grocers runs the following advertising campaign in response to customer complaints about high prices: "If you pay your child $4 to go buy $120 worth of groceries, then your child makes twice as much on the trip as we do." You've collected the following information from Fresh Breeze Grocers' financial statements (in millions): Financial Data Amount ($) Sales $840 Net Income $12.6 Total Assets $450 Total Debt $290 1. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend and the profit margin for the store? 2. What is the store's ROE (Return on Equity)?

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A grocery chain named Fresh Breeze Grocers runs the following advertising
campaign in response to customer complaints about high prices:
"If you pay your child $4 to go buy $120 worth of groceries, then your child makes
twice as much on the trip as we do."
You've collected the following information from Fresh Breeze Grocers' financial
statements (in millions):
Financial Data Amount ($)
Sales
$840
Net Income
$12.6
Total Assets
$450
Total Debt
$290
1. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend and
the profit margin for the store?
2. What is the store's ROE (Return on Equity)?
Transcribed Image Text:A grocery chain named Fresh Breeze Grocers runs the following advertising campaign in response to customer complaints about high prices: "If you pay your child $4 to go buy $120 worth of groceries, then your child makes twice as much on the trip as we do." You've collected the following information from Fresh Breeze Grocers' financial statements (in millions): Financial Data Amount ($) Sales $840 Net Income $12.6 Total Assets $450 Total Debt $290 1. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend and the profit margin for the store? 2. What is the store's ROE (Return on Equity)?
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