Question

Toxemia Salsa Corporation manufactures five flavors of salsa. Last year, Toxemia generated net operating income of $40,000. The following information was taken from last year's income statement segmented by flavor (brackets indicate a negative amount): Wimpy Mild Medium Hot Atomic Contribution margin $ (2,000 ) $ 45,000 $ 35,000 $ 50,000 $ 162,000 Segment margin $ (16,000 ) $ (5,000 ) $ 7,000 $ 10,000 $ 94,000 Allocated common fixed expenses $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 Segment margin less allocated common fixed expenses $ (26,000 ) $ (15,000 ) $ (3,000 ) $ 0 $ 84,000 Toxemia expects similar operating results for the upcoming year. If Toxemia wants to maximize its profitability in the upcoming year, which flavor or flavors should Toxemia discontinue?

Answer 1

Answer:

Wimpy and mild

Explanation:

As we can see in the question that the Wimpy and mild contains the negative margin i.e ($16,000) and ($5,000)

And the segment margin refers to the margin through which the net profit or net loss could arrive by considering the business part

So in this case the segment margin is more powerful as compare to the Segment margin less allocated common fixed expenses