Logo
Home Study Material Contact Search
AI Chat FREE
  1. business
  2. accounting
  3. peanut-fresh inc produces all-natural organic pean

Peanut-Fresh Inc produces all-natural organic peanut butter. The peanut butter is sold in 12-ounce jars....

70.2K

Verified Solution

Question

Accounting

Peanut-Fresh Inc produces all-natural organic peanut butter. The peanut butter is sold in 12-ounce jars. The sales budget for the first four months of the year is as follows

Unit Sales Dollar Sales ($)

January 48,000 100,800

Febuary 46,000 96,600

March 55,000 121,000

April 58,000 125,200

Company policy requires that ending inventories for each month be 20% of next months sales. At the beginning of January, the inventory of peanut butter is 14,500 jars.

Each jar of peanut butter needs two raw materials: 24 ounces of peanuts and one jar. Company policy requires that ending inventories of raw materials for each month be 10% of the next month's production needs. That policy was met on January 1.

1. Prepare a production budget for the first quarter of the year. Show the number of jars that should be produced eahc month as well as for the quarter in total.

2. Prepare seperate direct materials purchases budgets for jars and for peanuts for the months of January and Febuary.

Answer & Explanation Solved by verified expert
Get Answers to Unlimited Questions

Join us to gain access to millions of questions and expert answers. Enjoy exclusive benefits tailored just for you!

Membership Benefits:
  • Unlimited Question Access with detailed Answers
  • Zin AI - 3 Million Words
  • 10 Dall-E 3 Images
  • 20 Plot Generations
  • Conversation with Dialogue Memory
  • No Ads, Ever!
  • Access to Our Best AI Platform: Flex AI - Your personal assistant for all your inquiries!
Become a Member

Other questions asked by students