Question

The crunchy granola company is a diversified food company that specializes in all natural foods. the company has three operating divisions organized as investment centers. condensed data taken from the records of the three divisions for the year ended june 30, 20y7, are as follows: cerealdivision snack cakedivision retailbakeries divisionsales $25,000,000 $8,000,000 $9,750,000 cost of goods sold 16,670,000 5,575,000 6,795,000 operating expenses 7,330,000 1,945,000 2,272,500 invested assets 10,000,000 4,000,000 6,500,000 the management of the crunchy granola company is evaluating each division as a basis for planning a future expansion of operations.required:question content area1. prepare condensed divisional income statements for the three divisions, assuming that there were no support department allocations.2. using the dupont formula for return on investment, compute the profit margin, investment turnover, and return on investment for each division. if required, round your answers to one decimal place.3. when faced with limited funds for expansion, management should consider an expansion of the division first.

Answer 1

Based on the given entries, the condensed divisional income statements are:

                                    Cereal Division    Snack Cake       Retail Bakeries

Sales                               25,000,000          8,000,000           9,750,000

Cost of Goods               (16,670,000)         (5,575,000)          (6,795,000)

Sold  

Gross Profit                     8,330,000            2,425,000            2,955,000

Operating Expenses      (7,330,000)          (1,945,000)          (2,272,500)

Operating income          (1,000,000)            (480,000)           (682,500)  

The profit margins, Investment turnover, and ROI.

                                          Cereal Division   Snack Cake   Retail Bakeries

Profit Margin                             4                          6                       7

Investment Turnover               2.5                        2                      12

ROI                                              7                        1.5                     10.5

The management should go with Snack Cake as it has the highest Profit Margin.

What are the matrics and ratios for Crunchy Granola Company?

The condensed income statements will show all the divisions and their operating incomes in one statement as shown above.

The profit margin can be found as:

= Operating income / Sales x 100

The Return on Investment (ROI) is:

= Operating income / Invested assets  x 100

Investment turnover can be found as:

= Sales / Invested assets x 100

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