Triple Delight Is a Food Stand Located on a Busy

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Essay

Triple Delight is a food stand located on a busy corner in the local business district. On average it sells three cheeseburgers and one fishwich for every four hamburgers sold. The following data were culled from its operation for 2013:
The estimated total volume for the food stands in the region was 2,500,000 units. Consistent good weather pushed the total volume for the year to 4,000,000.
Required:
Determine the following:
1. Budgeted weighted-average contribution margin.
2. Budgeted and actual market shares.
3. Budget and actual total units sold.
4. Sales quantity variances for fishwich.
5. Budgeted contribution margin of each product.
6. Actual sales mix of each product.
7. Budget and actual units sold for each product.

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Definitions:

Ascocarp

The fruiting body of ascomycete fungi, where the spores, called ascospores, are produced within sac-like structures called asci.

Sporangium

Structure that produces spores.

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Describes organisms or cells possessing one or more whip-like structures called flagella, used for movement.

Protista

A kingdom of diverse eukaryotic organisms, mostly unicellular, that are not animals, plants, or fungi, including algae, amoebas, and paramecia.