Adelberg company has two products: a and b. the annual production and sales of product a is 1,750 units and of product b is 1,150 units. the company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. product a requires 0.4 direct labor-hours per unit and product b requires 0.7 direct labor-hours per unit. the total estimated overhead for next period is $99,400. the company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. the new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools--activity 1, activity 2, and order size--with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:

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The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue.a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?