Flexible Budgeting and Variance Analysis I Love My Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning information has been made available: Standard Amount per Case Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Standard Price per Pound Cocoa 9 lbs. 6 lbs. $5.30 Sugar 7 lbs. 11 lbs. 0.60 Standard labor time 0.4 hr. 0.5 hr. Planned production Standard labor rate Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate 4,100 cases $14.00 per hr. 11,800 cases $14.00 per hr. I Love My Chocolate Company does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, I Love My Chocolate Company had the following actual results: Dark Chocolate Actual production (cases) Light Chocolate 3,900 12,300 Actual Price per Pound Actual Pounds Purchased and Used Cocoa Sugar $5.40 109,400 0.55 158,500 Actual Labor Rate Actual Labor Hours Used Dark chocolate $13.50 per hr. 1,420 Light chocolate 14.50 per hr. 6,300 Required: 1. Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and the total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year: a. Direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total variance. b. Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. a. Direct materials price variance Direct materials quantity variance Total direct materials cost variance b. Direct labor rate variance Direct labor time variance Total direct labor cost variance 2. The variance analyses should be based on the amounts at volumes. The budget must flex with the volume changes. If the was in this case, then the budget used for performance evaluation should reflect the change in direct materials and direct labor that will be required for the separated from efficiency and price variances. volume is different from the planned volume, as it production. In this way, spending from volume changes can be