Day 078 - 26 Jan 95 - Page 45
1 A. Not at the same time. I mean, you do not get a combo
2 with cows and steers in it.
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4 Q. You said you exported to Hong Kong. Is that McDonald's
5 patties?
6 A. Yes. I do not do it now; I said I did.
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8 Q. What years was that in, approximately?
9 A. We finished exporting to Hong Kong when they built the
10 plant in Chang Sing; that would be the beginning of 1994.
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12 Q. How many years had you done that for?
13 A. Three.
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15 Q. Just one thing: The plant at Scunthorp, do you know when
16 it opened?
17 A. 1980.
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19 Q. 1980?
20 A. You have made me look again.
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22 Q. I am a bit surprised. 1989?
23 A. 1989, sorry.
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25 Q. September 1989. Have you been to many countries to observe
26 McDonald's beef supply systems, chain -- I mean processing
27 plants?
28 A. Processing plants, yes.
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30 Q. Can you name some of the countries that you have been to
31 outside Europe apart from Brazil?
32 A. Australia, New Zealand. Outside Europe, I do not know
33 if -- if you do not want me to mention Brazil -- those are
34 the ones outside Europe.
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36 Q. You have not been to any others?
37 A. I have been to American ones.
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39 Q. America?
40 A. Yes, I have been to -----
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: By "America" you mean US, do you?
43 A. US, sir. Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Nashville,
44 Chicago, Salt Lake City, Albany, New York, Los Angeles.
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46 MR. MORRIS: But no other countries apart from Australia,
47 New Zealand and Brazil?
48 A. I cannot think of any at the moment -- I mean, apart
49 from European countries.
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51 MS. STEEL: Have you got pink XVI there, please? Could you turn
52 to tab 12, please? This is a letter dated 16th June 1989
53 from Mike Matthews, the Operations Manager of McDonald's,
54 to Mr. C. Worrell in Bath. He says: "Thank you for your
55 letter of 13th June concerning my Company's beef purchases.
56 I am delighted to have the opportunity to 'put the record
57 straight' and correct the rumours circulated by the media
58 and other groups.
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60 McDonald's has consistently had a policy, since expanding
