Seattle-based theo chocolate makes organic and fair trade chocolate bars. its management team includes joe whinney (the company’s founder and ceo) and debra music (vp of sales and marketing). suppose joe and debra were considering whether theo chocolate should branch out and start selling other items, such as locally made baked goods, along with their chocolates. this is a strategic decision. to make this decision, joe and debra would have to take which of the following actions? check all that apply.

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is: