Day 247 - 10 May 96 - Page 55
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2 Q. As far as you know, the situation on the policies and
3 practices of staff eating in during their working periods,
4 is it roughly the same in the UK as the USA, or do we have
5 to get further information about the USA?
6 A. I have no idea what the thousands of licensees in
7 America do with their people. I could guess. There they
8 are all different. Some of them are likely to be identical
9 but, again New York is different than Iowa is different
10 from Miami, Florida. They act according to their market
11 and their needs and the law in their respective regions.
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13 Q. So, you do not know what the situation on the ground is in
14 the USA as regards staff and?
15 A. And their eating.
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17 Q. Yes?
18 A. Mr. Morris, I could not begin to guess.
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20 Q. You have a close relationship with America. Are you still
21 on the Board of Directors in America?
22 A. I have never been a Member of the Board of Directors of
23 the American company; I have been an Advisor to the Board.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We have had that before: He was an advisor
26 for a year in the 1980s and he is, at the moment, or he was
27 in the middle of 1994 when he gave evidence, and that would
28 have involved him attending 7 board meetings in the year,
29 but when he made his presentation, when he was dismissed,
30 which is the word you used for being told he is no longer
31 required at the meeting, he would leave it
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33 MR. MORRIS: That situation still applies now, you are still an
34 advisor to the Board of Directors?
35 A. My year as an advisor attending the Boards Meetings
36 concluded in 1995 at the Annual Meeting in May, and
37 although I have attended Board Meetings subsequently, it
38 has been for presentations or as a guest and not as a pure
39 advisor.
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41 Q. OK.
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43 MS. STEEL: While we are on that subject, you are currently a
44 Senior Vice President of the Corporation; are not you?
45 A. I am.
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47 Q. In the top management team?
48 A. I am.
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50 Q. That is for the USA Corporation or the worldwide
51 corporation?
52 A. It was for the Corporation but I have no US
53 responsibilities.
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55 Q. Have you ever been to the slaughterhouses that supply beef,
56 chicken and pork for McDonald's products?
57 A. In Britain?
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59 Q. Yes.
60 A. I have been to Sun Valley. I have not been to the
