The Whole Life Baked Goods Company is a diversified food company that specializes in all natural foods. The company has three operating divisions organized as investment centers. Condensed data taken from the records of the three divisions for the year ended June 30, 20Y7, are as follows:

The management of The Whole Life Baked Goods Company is evaluating each division as a basis for planning a future expansion of operations.
Instructions
1. Prepare condensed divisional income statements for the three divisions, assuming that there were no service department charges.
2. Using the DuPont formula for return on investment, compute the profit margin, investment turnover, and return on investment for each division. Round percentages and the investment turnover to one decimal place.
3. If available funds permit the expansion of operations of only one division, which of the divisions would you recommend for expansion, based on parts (1) and (2)? Explain.

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Cereal Division Snack Cake Retail Dvision Bakeries DiMsion Sales Cost of goods sold Operating expenses Invested assets 17,600,000 $18,000,000 $9,520,000 6,630,000 2,318,800 6,800,000 10,600,000 2,550,000 6,120,000 4,730,000 8,000,000 6,000,000