Wholesome Dairy processes milk. The cost of the milk processing is $1,330,000. Wholesome is looking to increase its net income and is exploring the possibility of expanding its products to include cream and/or ice cream. It takes 1 gallon of milk to make a half gallon of ice cream
Product | Units Produced | Selling Price | Additional Processing costs | |||||||||||
Milk | 798,000 | gallons | $ | 3.05 | per gallon | |||||||||
Ice Cream | ? | 6.13 | per half gallon | $ | 0.28 | per half gallon | ||||||||
Required:
1. How many half gallons of ice cream can Wholesome make?
2. What are the additional processing costs to convert the milk to ice cream?
3. Should Wholesome sell the milk or process it further and sell ice cream?
Part 1) no. Of half gallons of ice cream= total milk gallons ÷ no. Of gallon for half gallon of ice cream
= 798000÷1
= 798000 half gallons of ice cream
Part 2)
Additional processing costs = half gallons of ice cream × additional processing costs per half gallons of ice cream
= 798000 × .28
= $ 223440
Part 3)
We have to calculate financial advantage or disadvantage of further processing of milk into ice cream
= revenue from ice cream - revenue loss of milk- additional costs
= 4891740 - 2433900 - 223440
= 2234400
Since their is financial advantage of further processing milk into ice cream
So
Whole some should process it further and sell ice cream
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