Each year, Holly's Best Salad Dressing, Inc. (HBSD) purchases 50,000 gallons of extra virgin olive oil. Ordering costs are $100 per order, and the carrying cost, as a percentage of inventory value, is 60 percent. The purchase price to HBSD is $2.50 per gallon. Management currently orders the EOQ each time an order is placed. No safety stock is carried. The supplier is now offering a quantity discount of $0.05 per gallon if HBSD orders 10,000 gallons at a time. Should HBSD take the discount?

a. From a cost standpoint, HBSD is indifferent.

b. No, the cost exceeds the benefit by $1,477.

c. No, the cost exceeds the benefit by $2,498.

d. Yes, the benefit exceeds the cost by $1,477.

e. Yes, the benefit exceeds the cost by $2,498.