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Taylor's Cafe Supply Company Delivers Restaurant Supplies Throughout the City

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Taylor's Cafe Supply Company delivers restaurant supplies throughout the city. Taylor's adds 4% to the order cost to cover the delivery cost. The delivery fee is meant to just cover the cost of delivery. A consultant has analyzed the delivery service using activity-based costing methods and identified four activities. Data on these activities are:
 Activity Cost Driver Cost Driver Volume Process order  number of orders $25,000 4,000 orders  Load truck  number of items 50,00080,000 items Deliver merchandise  number of orders 30,000 4,000 orders  Process invoice  number of invoices 24,0006,000 invoice Total overhead $129,000\begin{array}{ll}\text { Activity}&\text { Cost Driver}&\text { Cost}&\text { Driver Volume}\\\text { Process order } & \text { number of orders }&\$25,000 &\text { 4,000 orders }\\\text { Load truck } & \text { number of items } &50,000&\text {80,000 items}\\\text { Deliver merchandise } & \text { number of orders } &30,000&\text { 4,000 orders }\\\text { Process invoice } & \text { number of invoices }&24,000&\text {6,000 invoice}\\\text { Total overhead }&&\$129,000\end{array}
Two of Taylor's customers are City Diner and Le Chien Chaud. Below are data on orders and deliveries to these two customers:
 City Diner  Le Chien Chaud  Order value $24,000$32,000 Number of orders 50100 Number of items 5501,600 Number of invoices 12120\begin{array} { l r r } & \text { City Diner } & \text { Le Chien Chaud } \\\text { Order value } & \$ 24,000 & \$ 32,000 \\\text { Number of orders } & 50 & 100 \\\text { Number of items } & 550 & 1,600 \\\text { Number of invoices } & 12 & 120\end{array}
Required:
(a) What would be the delivery charge for each customer under the current policy of 4% of order value?
(b) What would the activity-based costing system estimate as the cost of delivering to each customer?

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(a) City Diner: $960; Le Chien Chaud: $1...

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