Day 064 - 08 Dec 94 - Page 65
1 A. In France?
2
3 Q. Yes.
4 A. I have never had any responsibility for France. I am
5 not aware of this situation. I do not know how it
6 occurred. Obviously, somebody made a mistake, I would
7 think.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It was a cock-up?
10 A. Yes, it sounds like it.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: They happen from time to time?
13 A. Yes.
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15 MR. MORRIS: We have nearly finished.
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17 MS. STEEL: The hamburgers that you sell, the small burgers,
18 they are sold in paper wraps, are they not?
19 A. Yes, they are.
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21 Q. Why is it that you are not concerned about them getting
22 cold or stale? This is on the packaging point.
23 A. Are we going back to packaging now?
24
25 Q. Yes. I have some a few odd questions here and there.
26 A. The bigger sandwiches tend to contain sauces, and
27 because they are bigger they will get colder quicker
28 generally, and because the sauce that goes on to the
29 product would be refrigerated -- is refrigerated in fact.
30 That is not true of the smaller sandwich. The presentation
31 on the smaller sandwich is much more easier to control in a
32 wrap than it is in a larger sandwich.
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34 Q. But this point about them needing the containers to keep
35 them fresh and hot?
36 A. I have just answered you.
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38 Q. What about, for example, if a customer buys fries with
39 their Big Mac; their fries will not be in a polystyrene
40 container, will they?
41 A. No, they will not.
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43 Q. So if they leave their fries hanging around to eat at the
44 same time as their Big Mac, if they leave it for a long
45 time, their fries are going to be cold, are they not?
46 A. Fries operationally are only held for seven minutes and
47 the sandwiches are held for 10 minutes. There is a
48 difference.
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50 Q. Are they held in a warm place?
51 A. Yes.
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53 Q. They are? So they, presumably, would not cool down that
54 much during the holding time anyway?
55 A. Fries?
56
57 Q. Either?
58 A. They are both held in a warm place.
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60 Q. So they, presumably, would not cool down during that
