Fiorello Company manufactures two types of cold-pressed olive oil, Refined Oil and Top Quality Oil, out of
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MangiareBuono, a supermarket chain, has asked Fiorello to supply it with 30,000 gallons of Top Quality Oil at a price of $8 per gallon. MangiareBuono plans to have the oil bottled in 16-ounce bottles with its own MangiareBuono label.
If Fiorello accepts the order, it will save $0.23 per gallon in packaging of Top Quality Oil. There is sufficient excess capacity for the order. However, the market for Refined Oil is saturated, and any additional sales of Refined Oil would take place at a price of $3.10 per gallon. Assume that no significant non-unit-level activity costs are incurred.
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1. What is the profit normally earned on one production run of Refined Oil and Top Quality Oil?
2. Should Fiorello accept the special order? Explain.
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Cornerstones of Cost Management
ISBN: 978-1111824402
2nd edition
Authors: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
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