Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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Author: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
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Chapter 18, Problem 2CE
Kaune Food Products Company manufactures canned mixed nuts with an average
The supermarkets require special labeling on each can costing $0.04 per can. They order through electronic data interchange (EDI), which costs Kaune about $61,000 annually in operating expenses and depreciation. Kaune delivers the nuts to the stores and stocks them on the shelves. This distribution costs $45,000 per year.
The small grocers order in smaller lots that require special picking and packing in the factory; the special handling adds $25 to the cost of each case sold. Sales commissions to the independent jobbers who sell Kaune products to the grocers average 8 percent of sales.
Convenience stores also require special handling that costs $30 per case. In addition, Kaune is required to co-pay advertising costs with the convenience stores at a cost of $15,000 per year. Frequent stops are made to each convenience store by Kaune delivery trucks at a cost of $30,000 per year.
Required:
- 1. Calculate the total cost per case for each of the three customer classes. (Round unit costs to four significant digits.)
- 2. Using the costs from Requirement 1, calculate the profit per case per customer class. Does the cost analysis support the charging of different prices? Why or why not?
- 3. What if Kaune charged the average price per case to all customer classes? How would that affect the profit percentages?
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