Erosion costs. Heavenly Cookie Company reports the following annual sales and costs for its current product​ line:   Chocolate Chip ​Snicker- doodle Peanut Butter Lemon Drop ​Cream- Filled     Volume 254,000 208,000 145,000 81,000 91,000   Price ​$0.50 ​$0.45 ​$0.53 ​$0.46 ​$0.54   Cost ​$0.22 ​$0.19 ​$0.19 ​$0.22 ​$0.33 Heavenly is thinking of adding Mississippi Mud brownies to the product line. The​ ultra-rich brownies would sell for ​$0.97 a piece and cost ​$0.85 to produce. The forecasted brownie volume is 223,000 per year. Introduction of​ brownies, however, will reduce cookie sales by 191,500​, with the following drops in sales per​ cookie:   110,000 in chocolate​ chip, 38,000 in​ snickerdoodle, 27,000 in peanut​ butter, 7,000 in lemon​ drop, and 9,500 in​ cream-filled. What is the erosion cost of introducing the​ brownies? What is the net change in annual margin if Mississippi Mud brownies are added to the product​ line? What is the erosion cost of introducing the​ brownies? ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.) What is the net change in annual margin if Mississippi Mud brownies are added to the product​ line? ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.) Should the brownies be adopted into the product​ line?  ​(Select the best​ response.) A.Do not add brownies to the product mix. B.Add brownies to the product mix.

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Erosion

costs.

Heavenly Cookie Company reports the following annual sales and costs for its current product​ line:

 

Chocolate

Chip

​Snicker-

doodle

Peanut

Butter

Lemon

Drop

​Cream-

Filled

 

  Volume

254,000

208,000

145,000

81,000

91,000

  Price

​$0.50

​$0.45

​$0.53

​$0.46

​$0.54

  Cost

​$0.22

​$0.19

​$0.19

​$0.22

​$0.33

Heavenly is thinking of adding Mississippi Mud brownies to the product line. The​ ultra-rich brownies would sell for

​$0.97

a piece and cost

​$0.85

to produce. The forecasted brownie volume is

223,000

per year. Introduction of​ brownies, however, will reduce cookie sales by

191,500​,

with the following drops in sales per​ cookie:  

110,000

in chocolate​ chip,

38,000

in​ snickerdoodle,

27,000

in peanut​ butter,

7,000

in lemon​ drop, and

9,500

in​ cream-filled. What is the erosion cost of introducing the​ brownies? What is the net change in annual margin if Mississippi Mud brownies are added to the product​ line?

What is the erosion cost of introducing the​ brownies?

​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

What is the net change in annual margin if Mississippi Mud brownies are added to the product​ line?

​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

Should the brownies be adopted into the product​ line?  ​(Select the best​ response.)

A.Do not add brownies to the product mix.

B.Add brownies to the product mix.

 

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