2. Benson Chicken Corporation processes and packages chicken for grocery stores. It purchases chickens from farmers and processes them into two different products: chicken drumsticks and chicken steak. From a standard batch of 14,000 pounds of raw chicken that costs $7,450, the company produces two parts: 2,500 pounds of drumsticks and 4,500 pounds of breast for a processing cost of $2,466. The chicken breast is further processed into 3,700 pounds of steak for a processing cost of $1,700. The market price of drumsticks per pound is $1.40 and the market price per pound of chicken steak is $3.70. If Benson decided to sell chicken breast instead of chicken steak, the price per pound would be $2.20. a-3. If the drumsticks are producing a loss, should that product line be eliminated? The drumstick product line be eliminated. b-1. Reallocate the joint cost to the joint products, drumsticks and breasts, using relative market values as the allocation base. Total cost of drumsticks Total cost of chicken breasts
2. Benson Chicken Corporation processes and packages chicken for grocery stores. It purchases chickens from farmers and processes them into two different products: chicken drumsticks and chicken steak. From a standard batch of 14,000 pounds of raw chicken that costs $7,450, the company produces two parts: 2,500 pounds of drumsticks and 4,500 pounds of breast for a
a-3. If the drumsticks are producing a loss, should that product line be eliminated?
The drumstick product line
| be eliminated. |
b-1. Reallocate the joint cost to the joint products, drumsticks and breasts, using relative market values as the allocation base.
| Total cost of drumsticks | |
| Total cost of chicken breasts |
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