Sweet Escape has been operating two profitable restaurants in Los Angeles and San Francisco for several years. A year ago, Sweet Escape expanded its business to Sacramento, and the Sacramento restaurant has been suffering losses since its opening. The annual income statement for last year for the three restaurants are as follows: Revenue Cost of Food Rent (Annual Renewal) Utilities Labour Costs (paid hourly) Allocated corporate overhead Total Costs Operating Income (Losses) Los Angeles $1,200,000 480,000 132,000 72,000 200,000 160,000 $1,044,000 $156.000 San Francisco $1,800,000 720,000 180,000 90,000 380,000 160,000 $1.530.000 $270.000 Sacramento $800,000 360,000 140,000 85,000 185,000 160,000 $930.000 $(130.000) Total $3,800,000 1,560,000 452,000 247,000 765,000 480,000 $3.504.000 $296.000 A big portion of the corporate overhead is related to marketing and advertisement. The total overhead costs doubles when the billboards expenses are added to the marketing and advertisement materials. The corporate overhead costs were evenly allocated to the three locations, when the Sacramento restaurant was newly added a year ago. Mr. Clarke, the owner of Sweet Escape, is considering his options. The first option is to close down the Sacramento restaurant. The second option is to keep the Sacramento restaurant and open another restaurant of similar size to the operation of the Sacramento restaurant near San Diego. Instructions: (a) Analyze Option 1: Closing the Sacramento restaurant independently. By closing the Sacramento restaurant, the total corporate overhead will be reduced by half to the previous level. Should Sweet Escape close the restaurant in Sacramento? Show your calculations to support your answer. (b) Analyze Option 2: Opening the San Diego location independently. By adding a new restaurant in San Diego, the financial information is similar to Sacramento restaurant except the cost of food will be $300,000 due to the volume discount and the rent in San Diego will be $100,000 annually. Sweet Escape does not expect to incur additional corporate overhead and the total corporate overhead costs will be evenly allocated to four restaurants. Should Sweet Escape open a restaurant in Sweet Escape? Show your calculations to support your answer. (c) Which option should Mr. Clarke take? What are the non-financial factors he should consider