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1 proportion of the population because that just is not a
2 figure which is important to you from a marketing point of
3 view?
4 A. That is correct, yes.
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6 MR. MORRIS: Can I ask the witness a couple of questions?
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You can in a moment. Let me make my note.
9 Yes?
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11 MR. MORRIS: Just in case there was a slip of the tongue, you
12 said that you felt you were something like 8 per cent of
13 the whole eating out market but that was the burger
14 section. So did you mean you were 5.6 per cent?
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No.
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18 THE WITNESS: Actually, you are, indeed, correct, yes. The 8
19 per cent figure relates to burgerhouse, so the 5.6 per cent
20 would reflect McDonald's share of burgerhouse. Yes, that
21 is correct.
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23 MR. MORRIS: Right. The AF3 figure. You said you considered
24 AF3, second page. You said something like 50 per cent of
25 the normal eating out market would be your penetration.
26 That means?
27 A. That is correct, yes.
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29 Q. -- 50 per cent of people who eat out once in a year may go
30 to McDonald's once a year?
31 A. That is correct, and the key defining period there is
32 in a year.
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34 Q. Right. It is calculated in this chart that is 43 million
35 or 44 million of the population, so that is where the 38
36 per cent figure comes in, your 50 per cent of a figure,
37 which is 44 56ths of the population. So that is where the
38 38 per cent -- I mean are you fairly confident of the
39 figures in this chart?
40 A. Yes.
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42 Q. We did ask a lot of questions about that?
43 A. Yes, yes.
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45 Q. Right.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I see.
48 A. And in relation to the number that Mr. Preston gave he
49 gave 'penetration ever'.
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51 MR. MORRIS: Life time?
52 A. That is right, yes.
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54 Q. Right.
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56 MS. STEEL: If I say at this point, the point I was trying to
57 make to be helpful, it was said by Mr. Fairgrieve as well
58 on the last occasion, on page 17, line 26; in the UK
59 McDonald's has something like 98 per cent ever visited
60 penetration. So something like 98 per cent of people who
