Accounting: Coffee and Cathy

GMCR’s warns of the potential impact of the price of coffee on the gross profit margin. To combat this, GMCR had made a number of purchase commitments to ensure an adequate supply of coffee (GMCR Annual Report, 2010). The market price for coffee is impacted by numerous factors including weather, economy, and competition. It is vital that GMCR continue to take proactive measures to secure against unforeseen spikes in coffee prices. The price of coffee does not only impact GMCR’s ability produce coffee for the Keurig brewer under its namesake but impacts their partner suppliers as well. GMCR purchases coffee from brokers, farms, estates, and cooperative groups and essentially diversifies its coffee supply, reducing some supply risk (GMCR Annual Report, 2010).

The coffee served in Second Cup is also high quality and the drinks available strongly rival those in Starbucks. In the past decade there has been an explosive growth of 157% in the area of coffee shop market. Canadian coffee market share, new companies have limited to no space for growth in North America. Second Cup’s market share at the Canadian market is about 8%.Upon these facts and analysis there is an unlimited growth possibilities in the coffee market in Canada. There are different factors that do influence in the purchase of coffee from these outlets and the the way these coffees are priced. Customers are reluctant to get coffee from these outlets as the prices are too high than the coffees that could be made at home. There is a huge conflict between the pricing of coffees at these places and homemade ones. Coffee shops are determined to serve the best quality coffees which are been imported from South America and Africa, due to the rise in oil prices transportation charges have also been increased. And also due to different global climatic conditions the prices of these gourmet coffee beans have been increased.

Sales invoices are prepared in batches on a daily basis using numbered sales invoices. Sales invoice numbers are automatically generated by the company’s computer system. The accounts receivable clerk does not have appropriate computer rights to override the computer-generated invoice number. Upon preparing sales invoices, the accounts receivable clerk verifies that the first invoice number of the batch is consistent with the last invoice number of the previous batch. Inconsistencies or skipped sales invoice numbers are investigated and resolved before new sales invoices are prepared. The items shipped are compared to the items billed for proper quantity, price, and other sales order terms.

California Surf Clothing Company issues 1,300 shares of $7 par value common stock at $22 per share. Later in the year, the company decides to repurchase 130 shares at a cost of $35 per share.

The standard costs and variances for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead for the month of May are as follows:

Is there a way to estimate the cost of services and product to customers such that Stuart’s Branded Foods can be competitive in their market? Use the illustrations of the two customers to demonstrate your approach. What would be the selling price per kit or per cup for each customer?

In regards to the company Starbucks, their cost of production includes the cost of coffee beans, milk, plastic products, advertising, rent and labor. When it comes to the high price of Starbucks coffee customers should consider the cost of what goes into the coffe, Howard Schultz said “I am concerned about dairy, both domestically and around the world, and we are working feverishly with our suppliers, (and to) identify new suppliers (Thomnson, R. 2014). When it comes to the price of coffee, “prices recently hit a two-year high due to crop-damaging drought in Brazil, the top producer” (Thomnson, R. 2014). This has a huge impact on the price consumers pay for their coffee.

The information about the products and quantity required is passed on to the stock control subsystem. Thus, their order will be process and will be delivered on their doorstep. The payment will be made right after they had checked their items are correct and doesn’t make any mistake. At the other side, Tesco will also using order processing system while order inventory from the suppliers. Tesco has around 1000 suppliers such as the Anglo-Dutch food manufacturer, Pedigree, the pet food part of the Mars Corporation and Colgate etc. It is so impossible that the Tesco to use the traditional order processing system which is fully utilize the hand-written notes with manual filling systems and reminders. This will drag all the organization business processes and might facing major losses. Therefore, Tesco is using the modern order processing system to place the order from their supplier in order to ensure that they have enough inventories to supply to their customers and will be delivered those items to the customer on time and thus it will be build a good reputation in their

DMJ Coffee Shop sells each cup of coffee at 50 each. It has a variable cost of 41 and a fixed cost of 8982,

The Carmelite Monks spend over 8 hours a day praying and only 6 hours working. Although there are no labor expenses because the Monks are maintaining the company operations there is still a large gap in the productivity of this company. The Monks have a coffee roaster that can produce up to 540 pounds a coffee per day but because they are only working 6 hours a day they are only producing 135 pounds per day. The Monks sell about 4,250 pounds of coffee beans per month but have the capability to produce and sell over 14,000 pounds of coffee per month. Part of their business model includes the thought of purchasing a new coffee roaster so that they could increase production but as we can see that is not necessary until the Monks can allocate more time to working and produce at least 500 pounds per day.

First, we have identified if there is really an insufficiency in the amount of selling prices set by the Sales Department, in reference to Exhibit 1 of the case. We did this through identifying the maximum amount of overhead costs that the company can incur for the three products and comparing it with the total overhead costs. See Table 1 for details.

14-26 (Analytical procedures) the following data was taken from the production and accounting records for Casuccio Manufacturing, Inc.

Statistics show that over half of the American population consumes coffee on a daily basis. You may drink coffee hot, cold, mixed, or even in a frappuccino. Individuals are able to make coffee at home, or buy it on the go. Coffee provides people with caffeine, which ultimately gives energy for hardworking people all around the world. The main focus for this paper will cover the following topics, with coffee as the basis: causes for shifts in supply and demand, how coffee supply and demand influence price, quantity,

One part is to purchase $35,000 for a larger roaster. Let’s assume that monks worked eight hours a day, and then this new roaster can help them to raise production by 500 pounds per day (130*8-540=500). The other part is to put wholesale sales churches and local coffee shops. MMC’s strategy is a money-maker because it has a competitive advantage. It focuses on the niche market – the U.S. Catholic population who drinks coffee and wishes to support the monastery’s mission. In the U.S., this population is over 69 million. Consequently, this business has a good potential to provide profit.

Nothing like the fresh scent of brewed coffee in the morning – “Starbucks” a well-known coffee house that is still growing and expanding their operations today is considered the number one specialty coffee retailer around the world and abroad. Therefore, the supply and demand for coffee is on the incline and is regarded as one of the most rapid growing organizations in the world. According to the National Coffee Association, adults between the ages of 18 and 39 are more likely to purchase coffee out-of-home, then older consumers (2016). Even coffee statistics conducted in 2016 indicates “50% of the population, equivalent to 150 million Americans, drink espresso, cappuccino, latte, iced/cold coffee” (E-Imports, 2016). Other statistics numbers show that an estimated of total Americans consuming coffee would be up by 1.5% and specialty coffee up from 20% in this year alone. Even the global consumption will increase by 12% over the next years. Therefore, a key question is how will the “law of demand” predict how the consumers will behave (Lorenzetti, 2016)? Namely, will the higher demand for coffee beans impact what the consumer at Starbucks will pay for a cup of coffee? Therefore, companies such as Starbucks should analyze and understand the microeconomic model to get a clear picture of the price elasticity, cost to produce, and the overall market to make the most effective business decisions and recommendations that will have an