Jason Decided to Open a Small Internet Café Serving a Variety

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Jason decided to open a small Internet café serving a variety of unusual nonalcoholic beverages from around the world. He set a goal to break-even within the first six months and make a moderate profit thereafter. Within a week of opening, every seat was filled and he had to replenish inventory several times. At his six-month review, he was devastated to find that despite huge sales, he had actually lost money. His math was not wrong, but he had failed to include monthly expenses such as toilet paper, paper towels, and hand soap in his calculations. These costs should have appeared as __________ in his break-even analysis.

• A)fixed costs
• B)marginal costs
• C)variable costs
• D)overhead costs
• E)sunk costs

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Definitions:

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials used in production and the expected (or standard) cost, reflecting changes in material prices.

Raw Materials Purchases

The total cost incurred from buying raw materials that are to be used in the production process.

Standard Costs

The predetermined costs of manufacturing a single unit or a number of product units during a specific period under current or anticipated operating conditions.

Gallons

A volume measurement primarily utilized in the United States for quantifying liquid substances.