Several questions are associated with the following case study. The material given in the case study will not change.Food service operators are seeing one of the most important and growing trends in the past decade – the “gourmetisation” of fast food into a new category of food service called fast casual. One of the strongest restaurant concepts, fast casual restaurants do not offer a full table service; however, they do advertise higher quality food in comparison to fast food restaurants. As a result, fast casual restaurants are perceived as an intermediate option between fast food and casual dining, and usually priced accordingly. Fast casual is now the fastest growing category in the food service industry.The industry relies heavily on human capital for food preparation and customer services. These jobs are usually low paid and require long hours. A large percentage of food preparation and customer services jobs are filled by immigrants and young adults, respectively.Below is information from two German companies in the fast casual restaurant sub- sector, which may or may not be material.Regulators are discussing a ban on single-use plastic. How might this impact Company A and Company B financially?
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A:Company A’s cost of capital would increase more than Company B’s because of its higher use of single-use plastic.
B:Company A’s costs would increase by .6 multiplied by the difference between the price of the single-use plastic and its alternative.
C:Company B’s costs would reduce by .5 multiplied by the average cost of the single- use plastic used in its stores.
D:Company B’s costs would increase by .5 multiplied by the average cost of the alternative to single-use plastic.
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