Day 204 - 15 Jan 96 - Page 40


     
     1   MS. STEEL:   I should have thought so.
     2
     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The reason I ask is, if we are, I suggest we
     4        break for about 10 minutes now.  It does not sound as if
     5        Mr. Morris has much more to ask.  So I suggest you think
     6        about the further questions you have to ask Mr. Davis.
     7        I would invite Mr. Morris to look through his list of
     8        topics and see how much of that we can actually argue
     9        tomorrow when we do not have a witness.  I would have
    10        thought Mr. Shafibeik is only going to take a part of
    11        Thursday morning.  What we have to apply our minds
    12        to ------
    13
    14   MR. MORRIS:  Wednesday morning.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Wednesday morning, sorry, yes.  What we have
    17        to apply our minds to is, do we come back to court tomorrow
    18        and have argument on as many as possible of the
    19        interlocutory points you put on your list, or do we make
    20        tomorrow a preparation day and have argument after
    21        Mr. Shafibeik has given his evidence.  Quite frankly,
    22        I think the sooner we get on with arguing with what
    23        whatever we can on your list, the better.  We can always
    24        carry on any argument after Mr. Shafibeik has finished his
    25        evidence on Wednesday.  So give a bit of thought to what we
    26        can productively do tomorrow.  I will say ten minutes.
    27
    28                          (Short Adjournment)
    29
    30   MS. STEEL:   Keeping the stores clean and cutting food costs are
    31        problems in all the stores, are they not?
    32        A.  Generally, the stores are kept clean without too much
    33        problem.  I am not sure what you mean by cutting food
    34        costs.
    35
    36   Q.   Well, Managers are always under pressure to cut the food
    37        costs?
    38        A.  Optimise the food costs.
    39
    40   Q.   All right; they are always under pressure to optimise the
    41        food costs, if that is how you want to put it?
    42        A.  We like Managers to optimise food costs, yes.  But, I
    43        mean, put them under pressure, pressure in so far as we
    44        would train and instruct Managers to do that, yes.
    45
    46   Q.   They are always under pressure to cut labour costs as well?
    47        A.  Not cut labour costs, no.
    48
    49   Q.   All right; optimise labour hours or something, however you
    50        want to phrase it; they are always under pressure to do 
    51        that, are they not? 
    52        A.  Well, the idea is that you schedule the right amount of 
    53        people and achieve an agreed target, usually.
    54
    55   Q.   You had a problem with too many crew working more than
    56        35 hours, did you not; you remember that?
    57        A.  No, I do not, no.
    58
    59   Q.   You do not remember it?
    60        A.  Not specifically.  I may have done at some time.

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