Pierre Ltd is a catering business owned by well-known chef Pierre Boudin. It is organised as two

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Pierre Ltd is a catering business owned by well-known chef Pierre Boudin. It is organised as two divisions, each with its own manager. There is the Shop Division, managed by Louise Lane, that runs retail outlets in a number of shopping centres throughout the city, and the Catering Division, managed by Brett Spark, that provides food for corporate functions, parties and public events. Pierre is considering going into semi-retirement and wants one of the managers to run the overall business.

Pierre has decided to assess the return on investment of the two divisions and to hand over the management of Pierre Ltd to whichever manager runs the division with the higher return on investment. Relevant information for the divisions is as follows:



Shop Division


Catering Division

Sales revenue


$2400000




$1800000


Selling & administrative expenses

Interest expense


1600000

      60000




1200000

     80000


Profit before tax

Tax expense


740000

    220000




520000

    160000


Profit


$   520000




$   360000


Average total assets


$2200000




$1600000



Required

Which manager should Pierre appoint to take over management of the company?


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