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Incremental Analysis. Warren Buffet is a medium-sized restaurant located in Omaha, Nebraska. Warren Buffet currently offers elegant dining to luncheon and dining customers. The restaurant's most recent annual net income statement is as follows:
Incremental Analysis. Warren Buffet is a medium-sized restaurant located in Omaha, Nebraska. Warren Buffet currently offers elegant dining to luncheon and dining customers. The restaurant's most recent annual net income statement is as follows:    Luncheon and dining customer sales and expenses have remained relatively constant in the past few years and are expected to continue unchanged in the near future. To increase sales, Warren Buffet is considering offering a new Sunday buffet brunch service. Warren Buffet would offer Sunday brunch for an initial two-year period, and then reevaluate its profitability. Offering a Sunday brunch would require an initial outlay of $10,000 to cover new buffet equipment and utensils. This is the only capital investment required during the initial two-year period. At the end of that time, additional capital would be required to continue operation, and no capital would be recovered if the buffet were dropped. Buffet sales of $300,000 are anticipated, and the share of revenues devoted to cost of goods sold expenses are expected to represent the same as previously. Wage and salary expenses are expected to increase by 8% and utility expenses by 5%. No other incremental costs are expected. A. Calculate net incremental cash flows for the Sunday buffet. B. Assume that Warren Buffet's has the necessary capital and places a 20% before-tax opportunity cost on those funds. Should the buffet service be offered? Why or why not? Luncheon and dining customer sales and expenses have remained relatively constant in the past few years and are expected to continue unchanged in the near future. To increase sales, Warren Buffet is considering offering a new Sunday buffet brunch service. Warren Buffet would offer Sunday brunch for an initial two-year period, and then reevaluate its profitability. Offering a Sunday brunch would require an initial outlay of $10,000 to cover new buffet equipment and utensils. This is the only capital investment required during the initial two-year period. At the end of that time, additional capital would be required to continue operation, and no capital would be recovered if the buffet were dropped. Buffet sales of $300,000 are anticipated, and the share of revenues devoted to cost of goods sold expenses are expected to represent the same as previously. Wage and salary expenses are expected to increase by 8% and utility expenses by 5%. No other incremental costs are expected.
A. Calculate net incremental cash flows for the Sunday buffet.
B. Assume that Warren Buffet's has the necessary capital and places a 20% before-tax opportunity cost on those funds. Should the buffet service be offered? Why or why not?


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