a. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? (select option "higher" or "lover", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.)                                                    Status Quo 4,000 Units            Alternative 4,300                Difference Sales revenue                                              ?                                          ?                            ?             ? Variable costs: Meals                                                            ?                                          ?                           ?               ? Administrative                                               ?                                          ?                           ?               ? Contribution margin                                      ?                                          ?                           ?                ? Fixed costs                                                   ?                                          ?                           ?                ? Operating profit                                            ?                                           ?                           ?                ?   b. From an operating profit perspective for April, should Maria accept the order?     ____ Yes     ____ No

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Maria's Food Service provides meals that nonprofit organizations distribute to handicapped and elderly people. The following is her forecasted income statement for April, when she expects to produce and sell 4, 000 meals:

                                                    Amount                    Per Unit

Sales revenue                            $ 28,000                     $7.00

costs of meals produced               20,000                       5.00

Gross Profit                                 $  8,000                    $ 2.00

Administrative costs                        3,200                         .08

       Operating profit                    $ 4,800                      $ 1.20

 

Fixed costs included in this income statement are $6,400 for meal production and $800 for administrative costs. Maria has received a special request from an organization sponsoring a picnic to raise funds for the Special Olympics. This organization is willing to pay $4.00 per meal for 300 meals on April 10. Maria has sufficient idle capacity to fill this special order. These meals will incur all of the variable costs of meals produced, but variable administrative costs and total fixed costs will not be affected.

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a. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? (select option "higher" or "lover", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.)

                                                   Status Quo 4,000 Units            Alternative 4,300                Difference

Sales revenue                                              ?                                          ?                            ?             ?

Variable costs:

Meals                                                            ?                                          ?                           ?               ?

Administrative                                               ?                                          ?                           ?               ?

Contribution margin                                      ?                                          ?                           ?                ?

Fixed costs                                                   ?                                          ?                           ?                ?

Operating profit                                            ?                                           ?                           ?                ?

 

b. From an operating profit perspective for April, should Maria accept the order?

    ____ Yes

    ____ No

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