skychefs,inc prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines

Previous Allempl View SkyChefs, Inc., prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines. One of the company's products is grilled salmon in dill sauce with baby new potatoes and spring vegetables. During the most recent week, the company prepared 6,300 of these meals using 1,800 direct labor-hours. The company paid these direct labor workers a total of $18,000 for this work, or $10.00 per hour. According to the standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.30 direct labor-hours at a cost of $9.20 per hour. Required: 1. According to the standards, what direct labor cost should have been incurred to prepare 6,300 meals? How much does this differ from the actual direct labor cost? (Round labor-hours per meal and labor cost per hour to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete and correct. 6,300 0.30 Number of meals prepared Standard direct labor-hours per meal Total direct labor-hours allowed Standard direct labor cost per hour 1,890 9.20 $ Total standard direct labor cost 17,388 18,000 Actual cost incurred Total standard direct labor cost Total direct labor variance $ 612 Unfavorable 2. Break down the difference computed in (1) above into a labor rate variance and a labor efficiency variance. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. U Labor rate variance Labor efficiency variance 828 828