Day 012 - 18 Jul 94 - Page 66


     
     1        guide for McDonald's Owner Operators, do you see, on page
              59I?
     2        A.  Yes, I do see that.  Looking at this now for the first
              time I see nothing on this one page which says you can get
     3        them in the stores.
 
     4   MS. STEEL:  If they were available in stores you would imagine
              that it would say so?
     5        A.  What is the period again that we were talking about?
 
     6   Q.   Some stage in between 1985 and August 1986?
              A.  Well, after April 1984, May, June and July, they were
     7        in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut.
 
     8   Q.   In 1984?
              A.  Sorry, in 1980.
     9
         Q.   Sorry, 1984?
    10        A.  OK.  All right.  I mis-spoke; I had the wrong dates.
 
    11   Q.   Do you know when McDonald's decided to provide listings
              for its customers?
    12        A.  I am sorry, provide what?
 
    13   Q.   Listings, ingredients?
              A.  In books?
    14
         Q.   Yes?
    15        A.  Or just information generally?  Are you talking about
              specifically nutrition booklets?
    16
         Q.   The nutrition booklets, yes.  The Food- The Facts booklet.
    17        A.  In order to make more information available to the
              consumer, that was I think the trend during that time
    18        period in the United States, when those people, many
              people, in the United States were becoming more aware,
    19        there was a greater desire to be more aware, of what they
              were eating, what was inside what they were eating.
    20
         Q.   As a part of that, various Attorneys General were taking
    21        an interest in the subject as well?
              A.  As apart from?
    22
         Q.   As a part of the growing consumer interest in ingredients,
    23        in knowing what was in these products?
              A.  I am only aware of the three Attorneys General we have
    24        chatted about today having taken an aggressive interest,
              and also a great interest was taken by the Federal
    25        Government at the same time.
  
    26   Q.   In mainland USA are the states ----- 
              A.  In what? 
    27
         Q.   In mainland USA, are the states of New York, California
    28        and Texas the most populated and the wealthiest states?
              A.  Well, I do not know that they are the wealthiest
    29        states, but they certainly -- I think California has the
              largest population of any of the states.  As to the
    30        others, they certainly are amongst the largest.  I do not
              know the size.

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