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Question - Suppose Fine Cuisine restaurant is considering whether to (1) bake bread for its restaurant in-house or (2) buy the bread from a local bakery. The chef estimates that variable costs of making each loaf include $0.48 of ingredients, $0.25 of variable overhead (electricity to run the oven), and $0.72 of direct labor for kneading and forming the loaves. Allocating fixed overhead (depreciation on the kitchen equipment and building) based on direct labor, Fine Cuisine assigns $0.96 of fixed overhead per loaf. None of the fixed costs are avoidable. The local bakery would charge $1.80 per loaf.

1. What is the full product unit cost of making the bread in-house?

Complete the following outsourcing decision analysis to determine Fine Cuisine's unit cost of making the bread.

Direct material ________

Direct Labor _______

Variable overhead _____

Variable cost per unit ______

Plus: Fixed overhead per unit ______

Cost per unit______

2. Should Fine Cuisine bake the bread in-house or buy from the local bakery? Why?

3. In addition to the financial analysis, what else should Fine Cuisine consider when making this decision?