Day 064 - 08 Dec 94 - Page 46


     
     1   Q.   You have already said previously (and withdrawn it) that
     2        you recall that the Good Food, Nutrition & McDonald's was
     3        available in the stores in 1984 because you said you had
     4        seen it, but then you said that it appeared that you were
     5        wrong?
     6        A.  That is correct.
     7
     8   Q.   So would you say that any of your recollections before you
     9        became responsible are reliable?  In your own mind do you
    10        feel confident?
    11        A.  Well, when you are trying to remember back 10 years, it
    12        is obviously difficult.  I acknowledge that the 1984
    13        leaflet was not available in the restaurants and that is
    14        the only one so far that I acknowledged would be wrong.
    15
    16   MS. STEEL:   If you could get down pink volume VI, please?
    17        A.  OK.
    18
    19   Q.   Turn to tab 8?
    20        A.  Yes.
    21
    22   Q.   This leaflet could be misleading to customers, could it
    23        not?
    24        A.  This is a February 1985 leaflet?
    25
    26   Q.   Yes.
    27        A.  Well, I have told you, I was not responsible at that
    28        time.
    29
    30   Q.   Right, but you told Mr. Rampton that there was nothing in
    31        there that with hindsight you would not want to put in a
    32        leaflet in 1994?
    33        A.  In this particular leaflet?
    34
    35   Q.   Yes, this particular leaflet.
    36        A.  I am not sure.  I remember saying that to Mr. Rampton.
    37        I do not know that it referred to this particular leaflet.
    38
    39   Q.   It was -----
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think he said (working off the note, not a
    42        transcript) that he thought the contents of it were true,
    43        as far as he knew.  He said he was not responsible for
    44        those leaflets.  He was then asked to look at the next tab
    45        which is 9 which is July 1985 and said:  "There is nothing
    46        there I disagree with".
    47
    48   MS. STEEL:  OK.  If we look at No. 9 then?
    49        A.  Yes.
    50 
    51   Q.   I do not think there is much difference.  This could be 
    52        misleading to consumers, could it not? 
    53        A.  I am not sure why.
    54
    55   Q.   For example, under the page:  "What we put into our food:
    56        At McDonald's we believe food should do you good as well as
    57        taste good.  That is why we based our menu on nutritious
    58        foods that are everyone's favourite. ... (reading to the
    59        words) ... just the sort of basics you make your meals from
    60        at home."   People reading that might think that all of

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