E$7-14$ Analyzing Sell$-$or$-$Process$-$Further Decision

LO $7-2,7-6$

Wholesome Dairy processes milk. The cost of the milk processing is $$1,250,000.$ Wholesome is looking to increase its net income and is exploring the possibility of expanding its products to include cream and$/$or ice cream. It takes $2$ gallons of milk to make a half gallon of ice cream.

$\backslash$table$[[$Product$,\backslash$table$[[$Units$],[$Produced$]],$Selling Price,$\backslash$table$[[$Additional$],[$Processing costs$]]],[$Milk$,750,000$ gallons,$$2\mathrm{.}97$ per gallon,$],[$Ice Cream,?,$$5\mathrm{.}99$ per half gallon,$$0\mathrm{.}20$ per half gallon$]]$

Required:

How many half gallons of ice cream can Wholesome make?

What are the additional processing costs to convert the milk to ice cream?

Should Wholesome sell the milk or process it further and sell ice cream?