Heavenly Cookie Company reports the following annual sales and costs for its current product line:...

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Heavenly Cookie Company reports the following annual sales and costs for its current product line:

Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Peanut Butter Lemon Drop Cream-Filled
Volume 250000 204000 140000 81000 94000
Price $0.40 $0.48 $0.54 $0.46 $0.58
Cost $0.21 $0.20 $0.16 $0.21 $0.33

Heavenly is thinking of adding Mississippi Mud brownies to the product line. The ultra-rich brownies would sell for $0.92 a piece and cost $0.80 to produce. The forecasted brownie volume is 223,000 per year. Introduction of brownies, however, will reduce cookie sales by 190,500,with the following drops in sales per cookie:110,000in chocolate chip, 36,000 in snickerdoodle, 28,000 in peanut butter, 7,000 in lemon drop, and 9,500 in cream-filled.

What is the erosion cost of introducing the brownies?

What is the net change in annual margin if Mississippi Mud brownies are added to the product line?

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