Herrod Catering uses two measures of activity, jobs and meals, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. The cost formula for catering supplies is $550 per month plus $104 per job plus $20 per meal. A typical job involves serving a number of meals to guests at a corporate function or at a host's home. The company expected its activity in December to be 12 jobs and 121 meals, but the actual activity was 7 jobs and 126 meals. The actual cost for catering supplies in December was $3,550. The spending variance for catering supplies in December would be closest to:

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)