Question

Bramble's Bakery makes a variety of home-style cookies for upscale restaurants in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The company's best-selling cookie is the double chocolate almond supreme. Bramble's recipe requires 10 ounces of a commercial cookie mix, 5 ounces of milk chocolate, and 1 ounce of almonds per pound of cookies. The standard direct materials costs are $0.80 per pound of cookie mix, $6 per pound of milk chocolate, and $18 per pound of almonds. Each pound of cookies requires 1 minute of direct labor in the mixing department and 7 minutes of direct labor in the baking department. The standard labor rates in those departments are $12.70 per direct labor hour (DLH) and $19 per DLH, respectively. Variable overhead is applied at a rate of $35.80 per DLH; fixed overhead is applied at a rate of $60 per DLH.
Calculate the standard cost for a pound of Bramble's Bakery double chocolate almond supreme cookies.

Answer 1

Answer:

$15.51 per Double chocolate almond supreme

Explanation:

Calculate the standard cost for a pound of Mama Fran's double chocolate almond supreme cookies.

1. Standard Material Cost (Ratio Denominator = 10 +  5  + 1 = 16)

Std. Mat Cost = 10 Ounces /16  * $0.80   +   5 Ounces /16* $6  + 1/16* $18

Standard Material Cost = $3.5 per Double chocolate almond supreme

2. Standard Direct Labor Cost

Std. Labor Cost = 1 /60 Hours * $12.7 per Hour + 7/60 Hour * $19 per Hour

Std. Labor Cost = $2.4283 per Double chocolate almond supreme

3. Standard Variable Overhead Cost

Std. Variable OH. Cost = 6/60 Hours * $35.8

Standard Variable overhead cost = $3.58 per Double chocolate almond supreme

4. Standard Fixed Overhead Cost

Std. Fixed Overhead per cake = 6/60 Hours * $60 per Hour

Standard Fixed overhead cost = $6 per Double chocolate almond supreme

Now Standard cost for a pound is calculated as under:

Standard cost for a pound = 2.9375 + 2.4617 + 3.70 + 6

Standard cost for a pound = $15.51 per Double chocolate almond supreme