Copr.,GoedlThe HoneyPot Corp., farms and packages fresh honey. The variable costs incurred to farm and package the honey are $$2\mathrm{.}40$ per ounce. They sell the honey for $$5\mathrm{.}99$ per ounce. Honeycomb is a byproduct of farming the honey. HoneyPot can package the raw honeycomb and sell it as a food product. They can sell the honeycomb food product for $$3\mathrm{.}50$ per ounce. They would incur $$1\mathrm{.}90$ in additional packaging costs to process the raw honeycomb into a food product.

Or$,$ HoneyPot could sell the unprocessed honeycomb to a local candlemaker for $$2\mathrm{.}70$ per ounce.

What is the financial advantage or disadvantage if HoneyPot processes the honeycomb into a food product?