Day 060 - 02 Dec 94 - Page 36
1 MR. MORRIS: How have they managed to survive in America with
2 wraps instead of foam packaging then?
3 A. You must ask them.
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5 Q. 19 million people per day?
6 A. I can tell you my experience in American, but you must
7 ask them, if that is your question. My experience -----
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9 Q. Have you monitored different systems?
10 A. Let me finish.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You must let him finish.
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14 MR. RAMPTON: I do think, my Lord, the Defendants should obey
15 your Lordship's injunction and not, as it were, perform
16 some kind of double act.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Try to do a series of questions each. It
19 cannot help your own concentration and it is a bit unfair
20 on the witness. I appreciate you do not mean to be unfair,
21 but it can be a bit unfair if one person is asking a
22 question, then someone else is asking another. So, see if
23 you cannot string, one of you string a series of questions
24 together before the other comes in. You have now got to go
25 back and let him finish his answer.
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27 THE WITNESS: My experience in America is that the food that is
28 served in a wrap is not as hot as it should be, not as
29 fresh as it should be, and I know the American organisation
30 is concerned about that and they are working on the next
31 generation of packaging.
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33 MS. STEEL: Are you suggesting that sales have slumped since
34 polystyrene has stopped being used in the USA?
35 A. I do not think I said that. I think I gave you my
36 experience.
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38 Q. As far as you are aware, have sales slumped as a result of
39 that?
40 A. Not as far as I am aware. That does not mean to say
41 they could have been better.
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43 Q. We do not know, do we?
44 A. No, we do not. Exactly.
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46 Q. But if sales had slumped as a result of that, I am sure you
47 would be aware of that?
48 A. If they had, yes.
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50 Q. What about Sweden? I think you said they do not use
51 polystyrene there. How do they manage there?
52 A. They use a cardboard clam shell box, they do not use a
53 wrap; a cardboard clam shell box will keep the product
54 hotter than a wrap would, but not as hot as a polystyrene
55 box.
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57 Q. Have sales slumped in Sweden?
58 A. Not at all, no.
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60 Q. You said that you prefer to use polystyrene in this country
