Day 006 - 05 Jul 94 - Page 31


     
     1        A.  There are some limits on what they can have but,
              basically, yes.
     2
         Q.   Is it a sackable offence when a staff member takes an
     3        additional amount of food?
              A.  It can be.
     4
         Q.   That would come under your dishonesty?
     5        A.  Yes.  I would be a little liberal on it.  The time I
              get personally most concerned is when they are found to be
     6        taking it for giving to other people who have not paid for
              it.
     7
         Q.   If they took it just for themselves, then?
     8        A.  I am personally reasonably liberal on it, but I think
              I would look at the circumstances at hand and judge
     9        accordingly.
 
    10   Q.   Would you not have any guidelines for managers on that?
              A.  There are some guidelines on employee consumption,
    11        yes.  I am not familiar with exactly what they are, but
              there are certainly guidelines which have been published.
    12
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are employees allowed to take food away or
    13        must they eat them on the premises?
              A.  It is supposed to be on the premises.
    14
         MR. MORRIS:  Are they allowed to bring other food on to the
    15        premises to consume in their lunch break or tea breaks?
              A.  It is discouraged, but I do not know it is prohibited.
    16          There are some things we are not allowed to have on the
              premises, alcohol, for example.  I have known people,
    17        especially individuals who work at night in the cleaning,
              sterilisation process, to bring their own food in if the
    18        kitchens are not open and operating.
 
    19   Q.   When the kitchens are open and operating, would it be?
              A.  It would be normal to provide that which is there.
    20
         Q.   Yes.  But would you say staff would be discouraged, would
    21        it be a sackable offence to bring in other food or just
              you get a warning on it or what?
    22        A.  Really I do not -- I do not know.  I would not get
              uptight about it myself but .....
    23
         MISS STEEL:  You said that you felt that the fact sheet you are
    24        suing over would damage your image, Mr. Preston. How
              important is brand awareness to how important is your
    25        image and name?  Is it particularly important?
              A.  It is very important; obviously you think it is too or 
    26        you would not have taken the corporate logo to catch 
              people's attention and writing things like "McMurder" or 
    27         "McHunger" or "McDisease" right through the middle of it.
              It is a recognisable symbol.
    28
         Q.   Right.  So brand awareness is important?
    29        A.  Absolutely.
 
    30   Q.   Whenever people hear the words "McDonald's", you want them
              to think of a pleasurable experience eating at McDonald's?

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