Healthy Foods Inc.

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Healthy Foods Inc. 1 Healthy Foods Inc. Robert Johnson FIN /200 - Introduction To Finance: Harvesting The Money Tree 8/12/2011 Instructor: Joseph Lane Healthy Foods Inc. 2 Healthy Foods, Inc., sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for $10 a bag. The fixed costs of this operation are $80,000, while the variable costs of the grapes are $.10 per pound. a. What is the break-even point in bags? $80, 000 $80,000 BE = $10-$5 = $5 = 16,000 bags b. Calculate the profit or loss on 12,000 bags and on 25,000 bags. Total Variable Fixed Costs Total Costs Total Revenue Operating Income Costs (TVC) (FC) (TC) (TR) (loss) (12,000 x $5) (12,000 x $10) $60,000 $80,000 $140,000 $120,000 ($20,000) (25,000 x $5) (25,000 x $10) $125,000 $80,000 $205,000 $250,000 $45,000 c. What is the degree of operating leverage at 20,000 bags and at 25,000 bags? Why does the degree of operating leverage change as the quantity sold increases? 20,000($10 - $5) $100,000 DOL= 20,000($10-$5) - $80,000 = $20,000 = 5 25,000($10 - $5) $125,000 DOL = 25,000($10-$5)- $80,000 = $45,000 = 2.8 Because the father away you get from the breakeven point the smaller the percentages is going to be that is

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