The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) operates over 200 restaurants and two bakeries in the...

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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) operates over 200 restaurants and two bakeries in the
United States. In its two bakeries, it bakes and prepares more than 70 desserts, both for its own use in its restaurants
and for sale to a wide variety of wholesalers and retailers. The Cheesecake Factory's inventories consist of restaurant
food and supplies, bakery raw materials, and bakery finished goods. To account for its inventory, the company uses
the average-cost method at its restaurants and the FIFO method at its bakeries. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's
financial statements from its 2019 Form 10-K are as follows:
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Which of the following is not true of the FIFO inventory method?
A. When costs are decreasing, FIFO results in the highest ending inventory.
B. The first costs into inventory are the first costs assigned to COGS.
C. The cost of ending inventory is based on the latest costs incurred.
D. When costs are increasing, FIFO results in the lowest COGS.
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