Matts Eat N Run has two categories of direct labor, unskilled, which costs $7.50 per hour, and
Question:
Matt’s Eat ‘N Run has two categories of direct labor, unskilled, which costs $7.50 per hour, and skilled, which costs $15 per hour. Management has established standards per “equivalent friendly meal,” which has been defined as a typical meal consisting of a hamburger, a drink, and French fries. Standards have been set as follows:
Skilled labor. . . . . . . . . . 2 minutes per equivalent meal
Unskilled labor. . . . . . . . 6 minutes per equivalent meal
For the year, Matt’s sold 180,000 equivalent friendly meals and incurred the following labor costs:
Skilled labor . . . . . . . . . . 6,000 hours $ 92,000
Unskilled labor . . . . . . . . 15,000 hours 180,000
Required
a. Compute labor price and efficiency variances.
b. Compute labor mix and yield variances.
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Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077398194
3rd Edition
Authors: William Lanen, Shannon Anderson, Michael Maher