Day 100 - 09 Mar 95 - Page 42
1 their production line that meets that specification.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is a different point to Mr. Morris'
4 point. In fact, it is not rejected by McDonald's at all if
5 it fails any one of these 36 checks -- in fact, there are
6 38 there and more are added later -- it is not rejected by
7 McDonald's at all if it fails any of those 36; it is, in
8 fact, rejected by McKey's. Maybe you say: "Well, the
9 MacFact card is working in shorthand"?
10 A. Yes, it should say rejected before it ever gets to
11 McDonald's really.
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13 MR. MORRIS: Actually, I think McKey's may have been part owned
14 by McDonald's at that time so it is, effectively, the same
15 thing.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, but it is still a separate company. So
18 do not go on to the McDonald's specification. For
19 "McDonald's" in the MacFact card read "McDonald's
20 suppliers"?
21 A. Yes.
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23 MR. MORRIS: You have the same attitude to your specifications,
24 do you, that McKey have to their specifications, which is
25 that they are not actually specifications?
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27 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I do not know where in Mr. Kenny's
28 evidence he has accepted that McKey's specifications are
29 not McKey specifications, or are not specifications. If
30 Mr. Morris would like to point to a statement by Mr. Kenny
31 to that effect, let him do so. Let him not, however, put
32 words in the witness' mouth.
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34 MR. MORRIS: McDonald's has specifications, does it not, for all
35 kinds of things?
36 A. For the products that we sell in our restaurant we have
37 specifications.
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39 Q. Do you take those specifications seriously?
40 A. Well, yes, of course.
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42 Q. Would you expect your suppliers to take their
43 specifications for you seriously, their specifications that
44 they do for you seriously?
45 A. I think -- can you just say that again because you are
46 confusing me.
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48 Q. If McKey's have specifications which you quote in your
49 MacFact card and tell the whole public in millions that
50 they have 36 specifications and if a consignment fails any
51 one of those specifications it will be rejected -----
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The trouble is this is the whole point; it
54 does not say 36 specifications.
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56 MR. MORRIS: It says a total of 36 separate quality control
57 checks?
58 A. Exactly.
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60 Q. All right then. This is the quality control checks, if it
