1) if we want to make a 50% profit margin on sales dollars of our banana pure, what is the required selling price per pound?

2) what is the selling price per drum?

3) all of the above is based upon 100% yield. Factoring in a 3% loss factor for the banana pure ( prior to filling the drums). Calculate our new selling price per 468-pound drum that will yield 50% profit margin.

4) if our customers pay ocean freight of $2250 per shipping container, each container holding 18,720 pounds of banana pure, plus a $2 per drum unloading fee, plus US customs fees of $0.06 per pound of pure(net of drum weight), what is the landed cost of one pound of banana pure, sitting on a US dock? (Use cost per pound calculated in #3 as base)

The Process: Our process begins with discarded bananas that cost nothing beyond the labor to salvage them from being tossed into the river. Although we process approximatehy 40 million pounds of bananas each year, we use only a small portion of the fruit that is flushed to the sea. We are developing additional products that will use more of the free raw materials Bananas are as green as grass at this stage of the process. They must be harvested while being deep green in color in order to survive the long ocean voyage. WE-B-NANNERS requires ripened bananas (yellow versus green). Our fruit is naturally ripened until a specific amount of "sweet spots" (brown) appear on the skin. Ripened bananas are placed on conveyor belts that carry them past human peelers Peeled bananas continue down the belts, while banana skins are tossed into waste containers and eventually make it into the river and on to the ocean, Peeled banana are fed into machines that remove 'rag", seeds, spiders and other foreign materials. After the bananas are pureed and heat treated, ascorbic acid (vit C) is added to control color. After strict quality testing is performed, the banana pure is pumped into sterilized, plastic lined, 55 gallon, metal drums (barrels). The drum are sealed and transported to the shipping docks. This process results in banana peelings, "rag" and seeds being left in Costa Rica. We ship only banana puree. Production Schedule Production is scheduled during daylight hours, 12 hours per day, 7 days per week during the months of June thru November. Thirteen (13) days are removed from the schedule for holidays and maintenance shut-down. Total work days schedulec per year = 170