Veneer Company has two service departments and two producing departments. The number of employees in each department is: Personnel10 Cafeteria25 Producing Department A316 Producing Department B339 690 The department costs of the Personnel Department are allocated on a basis of the number of employees. If these costs are budgeted at $52,440 during a given period, the amount of cost allocated (rounded to two decimal places) to Department B under the direct method would be:

You are a team of marketing consultants. it is 2008 and the great recession has struck. one of your clients is whole foods market (sometimes known as whole paycheck). wfm has come to you and asked for strategic advice on how to adapt their product and pricing strategies in light of the economic downturn: 1. advise wfm on the various approaches that could be taken to reducing price. be sure to consider potential psychological impact of price reductions on wfm consumers. 2. based on the options outlined in part 1, recommend an approach and support with marketing theory.