Required: Break down the total activity variance into sales mix and quantity parts. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands. 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. Sales mix variance Quantity variance
Required: Break down the total activity variance into sales mix and quantity parts. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands. 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. Sales mix variance Quantity variance
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Transcribed Image Text:Earle Soup Company makes three varieties of soups: Bean, Tomato, and Vegetable. Sales volume for the annual budget is determined
by estimating the total market volume for soups and then applying the company's prior year market share, adjusted for planned
changes due to company programs for the coming year. Volume is apportioned among the three varieties of soup based on the prior
year's product mix, again adjusted for planned changes for the coming year.
The following are the company budget and the results of operations for the most recent quarter.
Budget (all units and costs in thousands)
Sales-units
Sales-dollars
Variable costs
Contribution margin
Manufacturing fixed cost
Product margin
Marketing and administrative costs (all fixed)
Operating profit
Actual fall units and costs in thousands)
Sales-units
Sales-dollars
Variable costs
Contribution margin:
Manufacturing fixed cost
Product margin
Marketing and administrative costs (all fixed)
Operating profit
$ 1,200
840
$360
240
$ 120
Sales mix variance
Quantity variance
Bean
30 cases
Bean.
24 cases
$ 972
672
5. 300
252
Tomato
$ 2,400
1,920
$ 480
240
$ 240
30 cases
Tomato
30 cases
$ 2,400
1.932
$468
264
$ 204
Vegetable
60 cases
$ 3,600
2,760
$ 840
360
$ 480
Vegetable.
63 cases
$ 3,600
2,784
$ 816
378
$ 438
Industry volume for the quarter was estimated at 1.2 million cases for budgeting purposes. Actual industry volume for the quarter was
1,140,000 cases.
Required:
Break down the total activity variance into sales mix and quantity parts.
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands. 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.
Total
120 cases
$ 7,200
5,520
$1,680
848
$ 840
300
$548
$ 6,972
5,388
$1,584
894
$ 698
330
5368
Total
117 cases
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