Day 099 - 08 Mar 95 - Page 66
1 that the distribution centre has to have remaining on that
2 product when it delivers it to the restaurant.
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4 Q. Right, so there is a shelf life for each phase?
5 A. Yes.
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7 Q. Let us take the two, I think, main products we are focusing
8 on, the hamburger patties and the chicken products. Could
9 you just give us an idea what the shelf life at each stage
10 is?
11 A. The shelf life that we put on, which is purely for our
12 own control system, it does not indicate when the product
13 becomes perishable, but we put a three-month life on the
14 product, both products of production.
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16 Q. Sorry, that is total shelf life or when it arrives at the
17 store?
18 A. No, at production. When it is made it has three months
19 shelf life.
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21 Q. After it has come out of Sun Valley?
22 A. When it is packaged.
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24 Q. After it has come off the end of the line at Sun Valley or
25 McKey's?
26 A. Exactly there, yes.
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28 Q. It has three months life?
29 A. Yes.
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31 Q. So when it gets into the store it does not have an
32 independent shelf life in the store; the three months are
33 ticking away basically?
34 A. Correct.
35
36 Q. Until it is -----
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You mean in the store at Golden West?
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40 MR. MORRIS: No, in the store, in the restaurant.
41 A. We do not change the shelf life at all. We do not
42 change the markings on the box, if that is what you mean.
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44 MR. MORRIS: No, I do not think you change the markings, but
45 I am trying to see -- we have a three-month shelf life, the
46 clock starts after it comes off the end of the line
47 basically?
48 A. Correct.
49
50 Q. Until it comes out of its box inside the restaurant, then
51 it is a different matter?
52 A. The shelf life ----
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When it comes out to be cooked, is that it?
55 A. Once it comes out to be cooked it is used.
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57 Q. Well, I know, but right up to that point?
58 A. Exactly.
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60 Q. You do not start again; the three months is still running?
