Financial statements of Hershey Foods Corporation are presented in Appendix B, and Tootsie Rolls simplified financial statements

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Financial statements of Hershey Foods Corporation are presented in Appendix B, and Tootsie Roll’s simplified financial statements are presented in Illustrations 1-11 through 1-14.

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(a) Based on the information in these financial statements, determine the following for each company.
(1) Total assets at December 31, 2007.
(2) Net property, plant, and equipment at December 31, 2007.
(3) Sales revenue for 2007.
(4) Net income for 2007.
(b) What conclusions concerning the two companies can you draw from these data?

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Financial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making

ISBN: 978-0470239803

5th Edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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