Allonby Foods processes frozen meals for sale in grocery and other retail outlets. Two versions are produced: The FlavorPak version has a budgeted price of $16 per case and a standard variable cost of $9 per case. The Gourmet version has a budgeted price of $29 per case and a standard variable cost of $18 per case. At the beginning of the year, the Marketing Group at Allonby estimated that the company would sell 60,300 cases of the FlavorPak version and 36,180 cases of the Gourmet version. The actual results for the year showed that 57,000 cases of the FlavorPak version and 38,000 cases of the Gourmet version were sold. Total revenues generated by sales of both versions amounted to $2,013,950 with $1,078,400 coming from the Gourmet version sales. Required: a. Compute the sales activity variance for the year. b. Compute the mix and quantity variances for the year.
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
Allonby Foods processes frozen meals for sale in grocery and other retail outlets. Two versions are produced: The FlavorPak version has a budgeted price of $16 per case and a
Required:
a. Compute the sales activity variance for the year.
b. Compute the mix and quantity variances for the year.
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