PART TWO Question 2 You are the accountant for Bellyful Restaurant. Following are assumptions about sales for the coming month Bellyful Restaurant offers three basic meals: noodle bowls, egg rolls, and rice bowls. Each meal can be prepared with several different meats or with vegetables only. Costs and prices are similar for all varieties of each meal. Prices for noodles bowls are $4 each, egg rolls are $3 each, and rice bowls are $3.50 each. Estimated sales for the next month are 200 noodle bowls, 100 egg roll meals, and 500 rice bowls per day. PART 1: Revenues budget Required: (a) Prepare a revenue budget for the next month assuming it is 30 days long. (3 marks) (b) Discuss two (2) factors that affect the budgeted volumes of meals. (2 marks) PART 2: Direct materials budget The owner of Bellyful Restaurant studied the cost of direct materials for each type of meal. He estimates that noodle bowls use about $1 in direct materials, egg rolls use about $0.75, and rice bowls use about $0.90. Food is purchased daily to ensure high quality. Beginning and ending inventory amounts are minimal. Required: (a) Prepare a direct materials usage budget and a direct materials purchases budget. (4 marks) (b) Discuss reasons why actual costs might be different from budgeted costs in part(b). (2 marks) (C) Suppose the prices of food ingredients increase. Identify possible ways the owner could keep food costs within the budget. Discuss drawbacks for each of your ideas. (2 marks) PART 3: Direct labour budget The owner of Bellyful Restaurant employs cooks and cashiers. The cashiers take orders and collect payment, transfer food from the cooks to customers, and clean tables. Cooks are paid $10 per hour, and cashiers are paid $8 per hour. Bellyful Restaurant operates four shifts: 10 to 2 11 to 2, 2 to 10, and 5 to 8. Weekdays and weekends are staffed similarly. Following are the shifts and required workers. Cooks Cashiers 2 Shift 10 am to 2 pm 11 am to 2 pm 2 pm to 10 pm 5 pm to 8 pm 2 3 3 2 N 3 Required: (a) Prepare a labour budget showing hours and costs for a month. (Assume 30 days per month.) (4 marks) (b) Discuss reasons why actual labour costs might turn out to be different from budgeted costs in part (a). (2 marks) (c) Identify possible ways the owner could reduce labour costs. Discuss possible drawbacks for each of your ideas. (2 marks) PART 4: Overhead budget Bellyful Restaurant does not separately account for production versus general overhead. Fixed overhead includes production overhead as well as support services and general administration. Variable overhead includes labour-related costs such as payroll taxes and employee benefits. Bellyful Restaurant has estimated variable overhead costs as $2.50 per direct labour hour. Following are the estimated fixed overhead costs for one month: Fored overhead costs: Utilities Manager Lease Miscellaneous Total $ 1300 5000 2000 2500 $10 800 Required: (a) Prepare an overhead costs budget for one month
