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 Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry Anchovy Required: Budgeted Data Actual Operating Results Gallons Selling Price per Gallon 324,000 $ 1.95 Variable Costs per Gallon $ 1.25 Selling Price per Variable Costs per Gallons Gallon Gallon 264,000 $ 1.80 $ 1.15 405,000 2.90 2.00 375,000 2.75 1.90 270,000 2.50 1.40 400,000 2.70 1.45 81,000 3.90 2.40 201,000 4.40 2.60 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.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. b. Flavor Sales Volume Variance Sales Mix Variance Sales Quantity Variance Vanilla $ Chocolate 117,000 87,000 Unfavorable Unfavorable $ 210,600 Unfavorable $ 93,600 Favorable Strawberry Anchovy Total $ 325,000 Favorable 468,000 Favorable 589,000 Favorable 261,000 225,000 Unfavorable 174,000 Favorable Favorable 100,000 Favorable 421,200 Favorable 46,800 Favorable $ 174,600 Favorable S 414,400 Favorable

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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:
Budgeted Data
Flavor
Gallons
Selling
Price per
Gallon
Vanilla
324,000
$ 1.95
Variable
Costs per
Gallon
$ 1.25
Actual Operating Results
Selling Variable
Price per
Costs per
Gallons
Gallon
Gallon
264,000
$ 1.80
$ 1.15
Chocolate
405,000
2.90
2.00
375,000
2.75
1.90
Strawberry
Anchovy
270,000
2.50
81,000
3.90
1.40
2.40
400,000
201,000
2.70
1.45
4.40
2.60
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.)
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
b.
Flavor
Sales Volume Variance
Sales Mix Variance
Sales Quantity Variance
Vanilla
$
Chocolate
Strawberry
Anchovy
Total
$
589,000
117,000 Unfavorable
87,000 Unfavorable
325,000 Favorable
468,000 Favorable
Favorable
$ 210,600
Unfavorable
261,000 Unfavorable
225,000 Favorable
421,200
$ 174,600 Favorable
$
93,600
Favorable
174,000
Favorable
100,000
Favorable
Favorable
46,800 Favorable
$
414,400
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: Budgeted Data Flavor Gallons Selling Price per Gallon Vanilla 324,000 $ 1.95 Variable Costs per Gallon $ 1.25 Actual Operating Results Selling Variable Price per Costs per Gallons Gallon Gallon 264,000 $ 1.80 $ 1.15 Chocolate 405,000 2.90 2.00 375,000 2.75 1.90 Strawberry Anchovy 270,000 2.50 81,000 3.90 1.40 2.40 400,000 201,000 2.70 1.45 4.40 2.60 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.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. b. Flavor Sales Volume Variance Sales Mix Variance Sales Quantity Variance Vanilla $ Chocolate Strawberry Anchovy Total $ 589,000 117,000 Unfavorable 87,000 Unfavorable 325,000 Favorable 468,000 Favorable Favorable $ 210,600 Unfavorable 261,000 Unfavorable 225,000 Favorable 421,200 $ 174,600 Favorable $ 93,600 Favorable 174,000 Favorable 100,000 Favorable Favorable 46,800 Favorable $ 414,400 Favorable
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