Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 27
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2 Q. Does the Company keep any thorough or careful statistical
3 information on this sort of topic where licensees are
4 concerned?
5 A. No, we do not.
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7 Q. Do you have an idea whether any significant proportion of
8 your licensees come from ethnic minorities?
9 A. Oh, certainly, sure.
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11 Q. Remind us what the proportion of licensed restaurants is to
12 McCopCo restaurants in the United States?
13 A. Company restaurants constitute approximately 14 per
14 cent of all the restaurants; the remaining are franchised
15 restaurants.
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17 Q. Franchised restaurants. Is there any significant
18 proportion of people from ethnic minorities amongst the
19 owner operators?
20 A. Yes, we have the largest group of minority operators of
21 any franchise organisation in the United States by far.
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23 Q. Do you have any idea how the proportions break down for
24 crew members and other hourly paid people within those
25 licensed operations?
26 A. From observation?
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28 Q. Anecdotally.
29 A. Yes, exactly. We do not keep statistics on our owner
30 operators.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Could you just pause a moment?
33 A. Yes, sir.
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35 Q. What sort of big franchise operators are there? People
36 like Hertz, or car hire firms, do they operate
37 franchised -----
38 A. They also operate franchised situations.
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40 Q. So what other ones which I might not know about?
41 A. Well, the other quick service restaurant organisations,
42 Burger King and Wendy's.
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44 MR. RAMPTON: Kentucky Fried Chicken?
45 A. Kentucky Fried Chicken would similarly be broken down
46 between company and franchise.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But the figures are across the board, are
49 they not? We are not looking at quick service restaurant
50 figures when we look at the US; we are looking at ------
51 A. Total, all companies, if you are referring to D1?
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53 Q. Yes, there but when we get on to franchises, which are not
54 in D1, when you made the comparison with other franchise
55 operators ---
56 A. That is correct.
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58 Q. -- were you referring just to quick service
59 restaurants ---
60 A. No.
