Day 206 - 22 Jan 96 - Page 48


     
     1   Q.   There is a range?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   Yes.
     5        A.  On fries and yield products.
     6
     7   Q.   We have seen the documents.  Have you ever seen a Manager
     8        or, for that matter, anyone else, Mr. Henden, add water to
     9        watered down the milkshakes?
    10        A.  No, I have never seen anybody add water to the shake
    11        mix or any food products.
    12
    13   Q.   At Bath?
    14        A.  At any restaurant.
    15
    16   Q.   Anywhere?  Have you ever heard it discussed?
    17        A.  No.
    18
    19   Q.   At a Managers' meeting?
    20        A.  No.
    21
    22   Q.   Have you ever heard it talked about by crew?
    23        A.  No.
    24
    25   Q.   "Michael Logan overheard Managers discussing the
    26        possibility of increasing air content to improve yields".
    27        Can you help us what that might be supposed to mean?
    28        A.  Mix it with, the shake machine blends air with liquid
    29        shake mix as a ratio which is governed by the Company at a
    30        given ratio of mix to air, and this can be controlled by
    31        factors such as the check bands, et cetera, and they are
    32        changed on a regular basis, the mixture of the air content
    33        is correct, but I have never heard of anybody actually
    34        increasing the air ratio.
    35
    36   Q.   Have you ever come across the practice of slightly under
    37        filling the shake cups in order to meet the yield targets?
    38        A.  No, on a Saturday we used to position a crew member on
    39        the shake machine to pour shakes at the correct level,
    40        mainly because they would be overfilling the shake.
    41
    42   Q.   That is to avoid waste, is it?
    43        A.  That is correct, yes.
    44
    45   Q.   I am not going to ask you to go through -- you have seen
    46        Mr. Danny Olive's letter, have you?
    47        A.  Yes, I have seen it this morning.
    48
    49   Q.   Yes.  Indeed, so have I.  I am not going to ask you to go
    50        through his letter.  Just answer this -- it may already be 
    51        in your statement and forgive me if it is, from your 
    52        memory, do you remember Mr. Olive? 
    53        A.  I do.
    54
    55   Q.   Do you have a memory -- it may be in the documents; it may
    56        not be -- what sort of hours he did in the restaurant?
    57        A.  He would typically work two shifts a week, those being
    58        evening shifts.
    59
    60   Q.   Would those be, sort of, eight, nine hour shifts, do you

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