The new sales manager believed that he
could have talked a major customer of Mint Chill into accepting a
smaller discount resulting in the overall actual price/block for
Mint Chill increasing by 50 cents. There would be no effect on
sales volume. i. What would be the effect on the selling price
variance for Mint Chill if the actual results shown above were
changed due to the sales manager’s work with the major customer?
ii. What would be the effect on the sales mix variance for Mint
Chill if the actual results shown above were changed due to the
sales manager’s work with the major customer?
The new sales manager believed that he could have talked a major customer of Mint Chill...
Calculate the sales mix variance, the sales
quantity variance and the sales volume variance for each product
and in total for the month of December 2019.
BCF forecasts a 25% market share of total 1kg blocks of chocolate sold in Otago in December 2019 in Springfield. Reliable industry sources indicate that the total number of 1kg blocks of chocolate sold for December 2019 in Otago was 12.5% higher than budgeted. Exhibit 1 Budgeted and actual data for December 2019 Budgeted...
For this question ignore the scenario
proposed in Question (b). Calculate the market size and market
share variances for BCF for the month of December 2019.
BCF forecasts a 25% market share of total 1kg blocks of chocolate sold in Otago in December 2019 in Springfield. Reliable industry sources indicate that the total number of 1kg blocks of chocolate sold for December 2019 in Otago was 12.5% higher than budgeted. Exhibit 1 Budgeted and actual data for December 2019 Budgeted...
Budgeted Data Actual Data Mint Chill Cranberry Vintage Mint Chill Cranberry Vintage Rich Dark Rich Dark 1kg Blocks 7,200 4,800 4,000 10,800 3,600 7,200 Contribution Margin $18,000 $19,200 $20,000 $21,600 $10,800 $54,000 1 Required: (a) Calculate the sales mix variance, the sales quantity variance and the sales volume variance for each product and in total for the month of December 2019. (4 marks)