A Catering Service Has Contracts with a Number of Customers

question 49

True/False

A catering service has contracts with a number of customers to supply lunches on a daily basis. The chef has complained of the long hours she must work to prepare all of these lunches and has threatened to quit. It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to replace the chef. To reduce the pressure on the chef, some contracts may have to be cancelled. (The catering service can cancel any contract with seven days notice.) To help make this decision, the profitability of each customer should be measured by dividing amount the customer is charged by the amount of the time it takes the chef to prepare the customer's meals.

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Definitions:

Direct Costs

Expenses that can be directly traced to a product or service, such as materials and labor.

Inventory Costing Methods

Refers to the techniques used to determine the value of an inventory, including LIFO (Last In, First Out), FIFO (First In, First Out), and weighted average methods.

Consigned Merchandise

Goods that are sent by one party to another to sell, with payment to the consignor occurring only after the sale.

Consignee's Inventory

Goods that are held by a consignee but still legally belong to the consignor until sold, after which sales revenue is shared as per agreement.