Analysis of sales variances to develop strategies to improve its profit position is an ongoing exercise at Caribbean Productions Ltd. The company produces and sells three products, Date Prune, and Cashella. The following budgeted and actual results were extracted from the company’s records for the month of January 2017:   Budgeted Results Product Total Sales $ Volume/units Price $ Contribution margin per unit $ Total contribution margin $ Date 1,200,000 600 2,000 950 570,000     Prune   1,040,000 800 1,300 620 496,000 Cashella    600,000 600 1,000 500  300,000      2,840,000       2,000      1,366,000                                                          Actual Results Product Total Sales $ Volume/units Price $ Contribution margin per unit $ Total contribution margin $ Date 1,540,000 700 2,200 1,000 700,000     Prune    957,600 760 1,260 600 456,000 Cashella    614,400 640 960 440    281,600

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Analysis of sales variances to develop strategies to improve its profit position is an ongoing exercise at Caribbean Productions Ltd. The company produces and sells three products, Date Prune, and Cashella. The following budgeted and actual results were extracted from the company’s records for the month of January 2017:  

Budgeted Results

Product

Total Sales $

Volume/units

Price $

Contribution margin per unit $

Total contribution margin $

Date

1,200,000

600

2,000

950

570,000

    Prune  

1,040,000

800

1,300

620

496,000

Cashella  

 600,000

600

1,000

500

 300,000

 

   2,840,000

      2,000

 

 

 1,366,000

                                                         Actual Results

Product

Total Sales $

Volume/units

Price $

Contribution margin per unit $

Total contribution margin $

Date

1,540,000

700

2,200

1,000

700,000

    Prune  

 957,600

760

1,260

600

456,000

Cashella  

 614,400

640

960

440

   281,600

 

3,112,000

     2,100

 

 

1,437,600

 

Required:

(a) Sales margin price variance.                                                                  
(b) Sales margin mixture variance.                                                              
(c) Sales margin volume variance.        
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