Day 095 - 02 Mar 95 - Page 47
1 the chickens being maltreated, yes?
2 A. Yes.
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4 Q. Bruised meat, does that go to things like cat food and
5 stuff like that?
6 A. It could go there, yes.
7
8 Q. So it is not just chucked away in a bin or something like
9 that?
10 A. What do you mean?
11
12 Q. It is meat that does not come up to your standards for
13 whatever reason.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Presumably it can be put to some use, but it
16 does not bring the same price as proper meat?
17 A. Oh, yes absolutely.
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19 MR. MORRIS: That is all on your statement. You can close
20 that. Thank you. Can you give us the reasons, again, why
21 in Costa Rica Coope Montecillos was terminated as a
22 supplier?
23 A. It has not been terminated. It is still our supplier.
24 What I am not comfortable with is in the last few years
25 they have made some -- it is a co-op and they have made
26 some changes in management, and it takes me and our people
27 time get familiar with them, time to discuss issues, tell
28 them about how we do business. That is the main reason.
29 We happen to find and develop a supplier that has, in our
30 opinion, an outstanding attitude and that we can rely on.
31 As long as they keep changing management I have no
32 assurance that tomorrow they have a new management that
33 decides not to supply us because we demand too much.
34 I have a concern of assured supply. For that reason we are
35 phasing out Coope Montecillos. They are still our
36 supplier, but they supply less to us today than in the
37 past.
38
39 Q. So is the problem with their management attitude or just
40 purely the one that the personnel are changing?
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You said it was because they changed three
43 times in a year or something to that effect?
44 A. Yes.
45
46 Q. I had been left with the impression that you cut them out
47 altogether or were in the process of cutting them out
48 altogether?
49 A. In a few months they will be totally independent. We
50 will not buy from them.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: I gave your Lordship the impression that they had
53 already gone. I was obviously mistaken about that.
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55 MR. MORRIS: We are nearly finished.
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57 MS. STEEL: Have you got the Animal Welfare presentation to
58 McDonald's staff?
59 A. Yes.
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