I would kindly request some help in my homework as per the attached - please include full explanation and references (if any)

Financial accounting provides information to enable stockholders, creditors, and other stakeholders to make informed decisions. This information can be used to evaluate and make decisions for an individual company or to compare two or more companies. 0n the other hand, and also known as management accounting or cost acconmmg, managerial accounting provides information to managers and other users within the company in order to make more informed decisions. These types of information are critical for all types of businesses to make sound decisions in order to efciently and effectively run business operations on a daily basis. John's Delights company makes many dierent organic dairy products. John's managers need to track their costs for certain jobs. One of the company's topselling ice creams is their seasonal variety; a new avor is introduced every three months and sold for only a sixmonth period The cost of these specialty ice creams is different from the cost of the standard avors for reasons such as the unique or expensive ingredients and the specialty packaging. Iohn wants to compare the costs involved in making the specialty ice cream and those involved in making the standard avors of ice cream. This analysis will require that John track not only the cost of materials that go into the product, but also the labor hours and cost ofthe labor, plus other costs, known as overhead costs (rent, electricity, insurance, etc), that are incurred in producing the various ice creams. Once the total costs for both the specialty ice cream and the standard avored ice cream are known, the cost per unit can be determined for each type. Suppose you have been hired by John's Delights as a market analyst. Your rst assignment is to evaluate the sales of various standard and specialty ice creams within the Northeast region where John's Delights operates. You also need to determine the bestselling avors of ice cream in other regions ofthe country as well as the selling patterns ofthe avors. Keep in mind that one ofthe strategic goals ofthe company istoincrease market share,andthe rststep inmeeting this goal is to sell their product in 10 percent more stores within their current market, so your research will help upperlevel management carry out the company's goals. aired 1. [As the market analyst ofJohn's Delights, where would you nd and gather the information necessary to analyse the company's situation? (5 links)