Dropping a product line


Problem:

ShoppingKart, Inc is a supermarket having thee operating departments. An income statement for the most recent month of operations is listed below.

General    Meat    Produce Total
Sales    $50,000    $40,000    $10,000    $100,000
Variable Costs    30,000    16,000    5,000    51,000
Contribution Margin    20,000    24,000    5,000    49,000
Fixed Costs:
Direct, avoidable    5,000    4,000    3,500    12,500
Common, allocated based on sales dollars    10,000    8,000    2,000    20,000
Profit(Loss)    $5,000    $12,000    $(500)    $16,500

If ShoppingKart, Inc. were to drop the Produce line and make no other changes, income for the month would be?

The space currently being used by Produce could be converted into a Deli Department. If this were done, expected Deli operations are as follows: sales of $20,000; variable costs of $8,000; avoidable fixed costs of $3,000. Assuming no changes for General and Meat departments, income for the month would be?

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