(a) Advise the owner of the restaurant which catering outlet he should acquire and the caution that he should take.

Pearl Asian Restaurant operates in the Hong Kong International Airport passenger terminal. It is about time for the restaurant to negotiation for a new lease for the coming year. The landlord offers the owner of the restaurant two options. The first option is a fixed lease with a rent of $97,500 per month. The second option is a variable lease with monthly rent to be paid at 18% of the revenue of the restaurant. The restaurant owner expects that the annual revenue would be $8,000,000 for the coming year. To expand his business, the restaurant owner also considers of acquiring one of the following catering outlets in the airport. One is a bistro and the other is a cafe. The annual revenue of the bistro or the cafe is the same, i.e. $500,000 for the current year. The variable cost of the bistro is 40% of its revenue and its annual fixed cost is $200,000. The cafe has a variable cost of 35% of its revenue and an annual fixed cost of $225,000. The restaurant owner thinks that if he purchases the bistro, he could reduce its variable cost to 32% of its revenue. If he purchases the cafe, he could save $30,000 a year on its fixed cost. In either case, he thinks he could raise the revenue by 40% in the coming year