Canadian Food Co. (CFC) is a large organization which has a number of divisions in the bakery and food fields. Their jam and marmalade division produce 5 types of sandwich spreads which it sells in jars. Their plan is to be the low cost provider of spreads in a competitive market. The price of the inputs are set by the commodity market and generally beyond the control of management. You are the management accountant assigned to this division. CFCs year end is September 2020. Production equals sales so there are no inventories.

B) After considering the information identified as part of the sales analysis you note the lowest contribution margin is for marmalade. You decide to analyze the marmalade variable costs for August. The variable costs for marmalade are primarily determined by the direct cost of oranges. Other components such as sugar, filler and binding chemicals vary little. CFC purchases three types of oranges from California, Florida and Mexico. Each type of orange has its own flavour. The oranges from California are the most inexpensive but have the least flavour while the oranges from Mexico cost the most but have the most flavour. CFC calculates costs on a flexible budget basis. 6 kilograms of oranges are budgeted to result in one jar of product.

As part of the management report you are required to calculate the following figures on a flexible budget basis for August:

• Direct materials price and efficiency variances

• Direct materials mix and yield variances

Budgeted costs and inputs for a month to produce 45,000 jars: 135,000 kilograms from California @ $0.40 90,000 kilograms from Florida @ $0.45 45,000 kilograms from Mexico @ $0.50 $ 54,000 40,500 22,500 $ 117,000 Actual costs and inputs for August to produce 57,600 jars: 160,000 kilograms from California @ $ 0.45 115,200 kilograms from Florida @ $0.45 58,800 kilograms from Mexico @ $ 0.55 $ 72,000 51,840 32,340 $ 156,180