Question

Rio Coffee Shoppe sells two coffee drinks, a regular coffee and a latte. The two drinks have the following prices and cost characteristics: Regular Coffee Latte Sales price (per cup) $ 1.60 $ 2.80 Variable costs (per cup) 0.90 1.70 The monthly fixed costs at Rio are $5,494. Based on experience, the manager at Rio knows that the store sells 70 percent regular coffee and 30 percent lattes. Required: How many cups of regular coffee and lattes must Rio sell every month to break even

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Regular coffee cups required to be sold = 4,690

b) Latte cups required to be sold = 2,010

Explanation:

As per the data given in the question,

For computing Contribution per mix :

Particulars              Regular             Coffee Latte

Sales price              $1.60                 $2.80

Less: variable cost $0.90                $1.70

Contribution           $0.70                 $1.10

Contribution per mix = ($0.70 × 70%) + ($1.10 × 30%)

= $0.82

Breakeven point at sales mix = Fixed cost ÷ Contribution per mix

=$5,494 ÷ $0.82

= 6,700 mixes

Requirement:

Cups of regular coffee for breakeven = Breakeven at sales mix × %of regular coffee sales

=6,700 × 70%

= 4,690 Cups

Cups of latte for breakeven = Breakeven at sales mix × %of latte sales

=6,700 × 30%

=2,010 Cups