Margot's Ice Cream operates several stores in a major metropolitan city and its suburbs. Its budget and operating data for the current year follow: Budgeted Data Actual Operating Results Flavor Gallons Selling Price per Gallon Vanilla Chocolate 318,000 $ 1.90 Variable Costs per Gallon $ 1.20 Gallons Selling Price per Gallon Variable Costs per Gallon 258,000 $ 1.75 $ 1.10 397,500 2.80 1.90 367,500 2.65 1.80 Strawberry Anchovy 265,000 2.45 1.35 395,000 2.65 1.40 79,500 3.80 2.30 199,500 4.30 2.50 Required: 1. Compute these variances for the individual flavors and total quantity sold. (Use the Contribution Margin in your calculations and do not round intermediate calculations.)

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Margot's Ice Cream operates several stores in a major metropolitan city and its suburbs. Its budget and operating data for the current
year follow:
Flavor
Gallons
Budgeted Data
Selling
Price per
Gallon
Actual Operating Results
Vanilla
318,000
$ 1.90
Variable
Costs per
Gallon
$ 1.20
Gallons
Selling
Price per
Gallon
Variable
Costs per
Gallon
258,000
$ 1.75
Chocolate
397,500
2.80
1.90
367,500
2.65
$ 1.10
1.80
Strawberry
Anchovy
265,000
2.45
79,500
3.80
1.35
2.30
395,000
2.65
1.40
199,500
4.30
2.50
Required:
1. Compute these variances for the individual flavors and total quantity sold. (Use the Contribution Margin in your calculations and do
not round intermediate calculations.)
Flavor
Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry
Anchovy
Total
a.
b.
Sales Volume Variance
Sales Mix Variance
Sales Quantity Variance
Unfavorable
Unfavorable
Favorable
Favorable
Transcribed Image Text:Margot's Ice Cream operates several stores in a major metropolitan city and its suburbs. Its budget and operating data for the current year follow: Flavor Gallons Budgeted Data Selling Price per Gallon Actual Operating Results Vanilla 318,000 $ 1.90 Variable Costs per Gallon $ 1.20 Gallons Selling Price per Gallon Variable Costs per Gallon 258,000 $ 1.75 Chocolate 397,500 2.80 1.90 367,500 2.65 $ 1.10 1.80 Strawberry Anchovy 265,000 2.45 79,500 3.80 1.35 2.30 395,000 2.65 1.40 199,500 4.30 2.50 Required: 1. Compute these variances for the individual flavors and total quantity sold. (Use the Contribution Margin in your calculations and do not round intermediate calculations.) Flavor Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry Anchovy Total a. b. Sales Volume Variance Sales Mix Variance Sales Quantity Variance Unfavorable Unfavorable Favorable Favorable
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