Prepare a new contribution format segmented income statement
Managerial Accounting
Vega Foods, Inc., has recently purchased a small mill that it intends to operate as one of its subsidiaries. The newly acquired mill has three products that it offers for sale-wheat cereal, pancake mix, and flour. Each product sells for $10 per package. Materials, labor, and other variable production costs are $4.30 per bag of wheat cereal, $5.50 per bag of pancake mix, and $3.10 per bag of flour. Sales commissions are 10% of sales for any product. All other costs are fixed.
The mill’s income statement for the most recent month is given below:
Product Line
Total
Company
Wheat
Cereal
Pancake
Mix
Flour
Sales
$
990,000
$
330,000
$
430,000
$
230,000
Expenses:
Materials, labor, and other
449,700
141,900
236,500
71,300
Sales commissions
99,000
33,000
43,000
23,000
Advertising
139,380
60,900
52,200
26,280
Salaries
105,000
51,000
21,000
33,000
Equipment depreciation
49,500
16,500
21,500
11,500
Warehouse rent
19,800
6,600
8,600
4,600
General administration
90,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
Total expenses
952,380
339,900
412,800
199,680
Net operating income (loss)
$
37,620
$
(9,900)
$
17,200
$
30,320
The following additional information is available about the company:
a. The same equipment is used to mill and package all three products. In the above income statement, equipment depreciation has been allocated on the basis of sales dollars. An analysis of equipment usage indicates that it is used 40% of the time to make wheat cereal, 50% of the time to make pancake mix, and 10% of the time to make flour.
b. All three products are stored in the same warehouse. In the above income statement, the warehouse rent has been allocated on the basis of sales dollars. The warehouse contains 39,600 square feet of space, of which 8,000 square feet are used for wheat cereal, 14,000 square feet are used for pancake mix, and 17,600 square feet are used for flour. The warehouse space costs the company $0.50 per square foot per month to rent.
c. The general administration costs relate to the administration of the company as a whole. In the above income statement, these costs have been divided equally among the three product lines.
d. All other costs are traceable to the product lines.
Vega Foods’ management is anxious to improve the mill’s 3.80% margin on sales.
Required:
1. Prepare a new contribution format segmented income statement for the month. Adjust the allocation of equipment depreciation and warehouse rent as indicated by the additional information provided.
