The following information is from Dessert Dynasty. The company runs three stores and the
December Income Statement for all stores is shown.
A. Find the missing values for retail revenue, ingredients, and operating income.
B. Comment on the financial performance of each store.
C. Identify a limitation of analyzing the information provided.
You may want to consider using Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet application for the numerical data.
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