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Variance Detective · Level 4: The wrong way round

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1Dunmore Biscuits: budget vs actual ($000)
2Variance = actual - budget. Costs are shown as positive numbers. F = favourable, U = unfavourable.
3BudgetActualVarVar %F/U
4Revenue2,400.0 2,160.0 (240.0)(10.0%)U
5Cost of sales1,392.0 1,257.8 (134.2)(9.6%)F
6Gross profit1,008.0 902.2 (105.8)(10.5%)U
7Gross margin %42.0% 41.8% (0.2%)
8Operating expenses
9Salaries360.0 362.9 2.9 0.8% U
10Marketing144.0 165.6 (21.6)(15.0%)F
11Rent & utilities108.0 109.3 1.3 1.2% U
12Restructuring & one-off items0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a-
13Other operating costs72.0 72.4 0.4 0.6% U
14Total operating expenses684.0 710.2 26.2 3.8% U
15EBITDA324.0 192.0 (132.0)(40.7%)U
16EBITDA margin %13.5% 8.9% (4.6%)
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