hypopotam
Aug 9, 2010, 10:43 AM
hotplate restaurant is located close to centre of town. The restaurant is very popular and has an excellent reputation for range of menus. However, high levels of expenditure on staff and materials, and this has resulted in very low levels of profit. The owner, has been looking at expansion opportunities as the restaurant is serving close to its maximum capacity of 700 meals per month. He hopes that expansion will result in much higher profits for the restaurant.
the trading results for July 2010 have just made available and are shown below:
turnover (650) meals: £ 19,500
Costs:
Materials: £4,810
staff/labour: £7,575
power: £650
rent: £1,500
vehicle running costs: £320
other fixed costs: £3,980
total costs: £18,835
net profit: £665
materials and power are available costs with respect to the number of meals produced.all other costs are fixed with the exception of labour. The data for the last six months indicates some variability in labour costs with the following levels observed
Months 2010 Number of Meals Served Labour Cost (£)
February 658 7619
March 598 7289
April 558 7069
May 594 7267
June 640 7520
July 650 7575
the property adjacent to the restaurant has become vacant. The rent of the new premises is £ 1,500 per month, and lease of furnishing, fittings and equipment would add a further £ 940 per month to the costs. Restructuring work is expected to cost £ 30,000 and the cost will be depreciated over five years on straight-line basis.
if the adjacent property is taken on, owner plans to spend £ 250 per month on local advertising to stimulate local demand. More staff will need to be employed, and this will increase the fixed costs of labour by £1,250 per month. The variable cost of labour and power are unlikely to change. However, due to an increase in level of material purchases, the restaurant's discount on materials will increase, and this is expected to reduce overall materials cost by %6 ( both current restaurant and proposed extension).
the expansion is likely to increase the number of meals by 400 meals per month giving total sales of 1,050. However, owner agrees that addition sales in the new restaurant might be as low as 850 meals or as high as 1,250 meals, and as high as 600 meals( its capacity). ıt is anticipated that selling prices will be held at current levels.
for the purpose of analysis, it may be assumed that sales from the current restaurant will be 650 per month.
REQUIRED
a. produce a statement that shows the contribution/ month and the net profit/month under marginal costing for the current restaurant with sales of 650 meals/month.
b. calculate the monthly break-even point of the existing restaurant and the combined restaurant.
c. prepare a marginal costing statement to show the monthly combined profit earned by the enlarged restaurant for the following levels of sales:
850 meals per month
1,050 meals
1,250 meals per month
please help me about the question.I'm not good at that so I'm so confused:S
the trading results for July 2010 have just made available and are shown below:
turnover (650) meals: £ 19,500
Costs:
Materials: £4,810
staff/labour: £7,575
power: £650
rent: £1,500
vehicle running costs: £320
other fixed costs: £3,980
total costs: £18,835
net profit: £665
materials and power are available costs with respect to the number of meals produced.all other costs are fixed with the exception of labour. The data for the last six months indicates some variability in labour costs with the following levels observed
Months 2010 Number of Meals Served Labour Cost (£)
February 658 7619
March 598 7289
April 558 7069
May 594 7267
June 640 7520
July 650 7575
the property adjacent to the restaurant has become vacant. The rent of the new premises is £ 1,500 per month, and lease of furnishing, fittings and equipment would add a further £ 940 per month to the costs. Restructuring work is expected to cost £ 30,000 and the cost will be depreciated over five years on straight-line basis.
if the adjacent property is taken on, owner plans to spend £ 250 per month on local advertising to stimulate local demand. More staff will need to be employed, and this will increase the fixed costs of labour by £1,250 per month. The variable cost of labour and power are unlikely to change. However, due to an increase in level of material purchases, the restaurant's discount on materials will increase, and this is expected to reduce overall materials cost by %6 ( both current restaurant and proposed extension).
the expansion is likely to increase the number of meals by 400 meals per month giving total sales of 1,050. However, owner agrees that addition sales in the new restaurant might be as low as 850 meals or as high as 1,250 meals, and as high as 600 meals( its capacity). ıt is anticipated that selling prices will be held at current levels.
for the purpose of analysis, it may be assumed that sales from the current restaurant will be 650 per month.
REQUIRED
a. produce a statement that shows the contribution/ month and the net profit/month under marginal costing for the current restaurant with sales of 650 meals/month.
b. calculate the monthly break-even point of the existing restaurant and the combined restaurant.
c. prepare a marginal costing statement to show the monthly combined profit earned by the enlarged restaurant for the following levels of sales:
850 meals per month
1,050 meals
1,250 meals per month
please help me about the question.I'm not good at that so I'm so confused:S