Golden Food Products produces special-formula pet food. The company carries no inventories. The master budget calls for the company to manufacture and sell 129,000 cases at a budgeted price of $60 per case this year. The standard direct cost sheet for one case of pet food follows: Direct materials (3 pounds @ $2) $ 6 Direct labor (0.25 hours @ $32) 8 Variable overhead is applied based on direct labor-hours. The variable overhead rate is $16 per direct labor-hour. The fixed overhead rate (at the master budget level of activity) is $10 per unit. All nonmanufacturing costs are fixed and are budgeted at $2.2 million for the coming year. At the end of the year, the costs analyst reported that the sales activity variance for the year was $336,000 favorable. The following is the actual income statement (in thousands of dollars) for the year for Golden Food Products: Sales revenue $ 16,800 Less variable costs Direct materials 836 Direct labor 1,028 Variable overhead 551 Total variable costs $ 2,415 Contribution margin $ 14,385 Less fixed costs Fixed manufacturing overhead 2,410 Nonmanufacturing costs 2,143 Total fixed costs $ 4,553 Operating profit $ 9,832 During the year, the company purchased 329,000 pounds of material and employed 35,020 hours of direct labor. Required: Compute the direct materials price and efficiency variances. Compute the direct labor price and efficiency variances. Compute the variable overhead price and efficiency variances. Note: For all requirements, enter your answers in whole dollars. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.

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Golden Food Products produces special-formula pet food. The company carries no inventories. The master budget calls for the company to manufacture and sell 129,000 cases at a budgeted price of $60 per case this year. The standard direct cost sheet for one case of pet food follows:

Direct materials	(3 pounds @ $2)	$ 6
Direct labor	(0.25 hours @ $32)	8

Variable overhead is applied based on direct labor-hours. The variable overhead rate is $16 per direct labor-hour. The fixed overhead rate (at the master budget level of activity) is $10 per unit. All nonmanufacturing costs are fixed and are budgeted at $2.2 million for the coming year.

At the end of the year, the costs analyst reported that the sales activity variance for the year was $336,000 favorable.

The following is the actual income statement (in thousands of dollars) for the year for Golden Food Products:

Sales revenue	$ 16,800
Less variable costs
Direct materials	836
Direct labor	1,028
Variable overhead	551
Total variable costs	$ 2,415
Contribution margin	$ 14,385
Less fixed costs
Fixed manufacturing overhead	2,410
Nonmanufacturing costs	2,143
Total fixed costs	$ 4,553
Operating profit	$ 9,832

During the year, the company purchased 329,000 pounds of material and employed 35,020 hours of direct labor.

Required:

Compute the direct materials price and efficiency variances.
Compute the direct labor price and efficiency variances.
Compute the variable overhead price and efficiency variances.
Note: For all requirements, enter your answers in whole dollars. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.