In response to rising customer concerns over pricing, FreshNest Supermarkets launches this advertisement: "If you give your teenager $4 to shop for $120 worth of groceries, they earn twice as much as we do on that transaction." You've collected the following financial data from FreshNest's statements (in millions): Sales = $840 Net Income = $14.0 Total Assets = $420 Total Debt = $270 A. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend, and the profit margin for the store? B. What is the store's ROE (Return on Equity)?

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In response to rising customer concerns over pricing, FreshNest Supermarkets
launches this advertisement:
"If you give your teenager $4 to shop for $120 worth of groceries, they earn twice
as much as we do on that transaction."
You've collected the following financial data from FreshNest's statements (in
millions):
Sales = $840
Net Income = $14.0
Total Assets = $420
Total Debt = $270
A. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend, and
the profit margin for the store?
B. What is the store's ROE (Return on Equity)?
Transcribed Image Text:In response to rising customer concerns over pricing, FreshNest Supermarkets launches this advertisement: "If you give your teenager $4 to shop for $120 worth of groceries, they earn twice as much as we do on that transaction." You've collected the following financial data from FreshNest's statements (in millions): Sales = $840 Net Income = $14.0 Total Assets = $420 Total Debt = $270 A. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend, and the profit margin for the store? B. What is the store's ROE (Return on Equity)?
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