Day 086 - 09 Feb 95 - Page 66
1 A. As I say , we check the product that is inside the
2 truck which is the most important aspect, so if the meat is
3 at minus 20 degrees then it is hardly likely that the truck
4 is warmer than that. I am slightly confused. I know the
5 test they do, but I just do not know whether it is the
6 truck driver who records on his form what the temperature
7 of the truck is, or the crew member or the manager records
8 on our form. All stores have documents and both parties
9 know that the stock cannot be released into the restaurant
10 without both of them agreeing on the quality of the
11 product. It is a very crucial time.
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13 MS. STEEL: I do not know whether we ought to say that we are
14 not sure whether we will finish tonight, but if we do not
15 finish there will not be much more. It has taken longer
16 than we expected.
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18 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, in those circumstances I would invite
19 your Lordship to ask the Defendants how much longer and, if
20 it is only a few moments, to sit on tonight because I know
21 that Mr. Atherton has a meeting in Scotland tomorrow which
22 he is anxious to attend, if he is able to do so.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us do our best to finish. We will sit a
25 bit later if that helps.
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27 MS. STEEL: I cannot give any definite idea. I have no idea.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: See if you can. What time is your meeting
30 tomorrow?
31 A. It is 10 o'clock in Scotland. If we finish today I
32 will fly up later this evening. If not then I will just
33 cancel the meeting. With the indications we had earlier it
34 looked as though I could make it.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do your best to get through today.
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38 MS. STEEL: Yes. What area did East Anglia cover when you were
39 in charge of that?
40 A. I think East Anglia sort of moved around a bit for me
41 with the areas that I looked after, but Grantham was the
42 northern-most I ever looked after. Milton Keynes was the
43 most westerly, so anything east of Milton Keynes, and
44 certainly the south Colchester, I guess, Clacton.
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46 Q. How are the scores worked out on the observation check
47 lists? Do they reflect the areas that the company feels
48 are important or are they not dependent on that at all?
49 A. I think they reflect the areas that are important to be
50 able to carry that job out proficiently.
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52 Q. So the more important a job the higher the score, or the
53 higher the possible mark?
54 A. We try to contrive them so they get to 100. It is not
55 always the case or it is easily calculable, so they will
56 get up to 50. I know when we do OCLs we have to jumble
57 around with a point, but we generally prioritise to the
58 more important ones having a higher mark.
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60 Q. So I can understand what they are, what does FMS stand for?
