SkyChefs, Incorporated, prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines. One of the companys products is grilled salmon in dill sauce with baby new potatoes and spring vegetables. During the most recent week, the company prepared 4,300 of these meals using 1,250 direct labor-hours. The company paid its direct labor workers a total of $11,250 for this work, or $9.00 per hour.

According to the standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.30 direct labor-hours at a cost of $8.50 per hour.

Required:

1. What is the standard labor-hours allowed (SH) to prepare 4,300 meals?

2. What is the standard labor cost allowed (SH SR) to prepare 4,300 meals?

3. What is the labor spending variance? (Hint: This is the difference between the total standard cost in #2 and the total amount they spent; it is also the sum of the price and quantity variances below.)

4. What is the labor rate variance and the labor efficiency variance?