There are four independent supermarkets in an isolated city in Northern Ontario. In your capacity as a banker, you have obtained the following financial data for all four companies:

Required:
(a) Calculate the operating profit margin for each store and for the supermarket industry in the city as a whole.
(b) Calculate the return on capital employed for each store and for the supermarket industry in the city as a whole, assuming current liabilities are negligible.

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East Co. 75,660 320,000 $50,300 140,000 600,000 2,600,000 420,000 West Co. North Co. South Co EBIT Sales Total assets 200,0001,600,000 950,000 600,000 2,600,000 0,000 1,.200,000 1,200,000 1,800,000