Day 005 - 04 Jul 94 - Page 44


     
     1        tonnes, would it be quite reasonable to say that some kind
              of percentage of that, substantial percentage, would end
     2        up on the streets because of irresponsible people, for
              example?
     3        A.  Some part would, no doubt, end up on the street.
 
     4   Q.   One per cent?  Ten per cent?
              A.  I could not begin to fathom a guess.
     5
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let me ask you:  Do you know what proportion
     6        of your sales are take-aways as opposed to eat on the
              premises?
     7        A.  In the United Kingdom, it is about a third taken away.
 
     8   Q.   More in the States if you include driving outputs?
              A.  Maybe slightly higher there, but I am not sure.
     9
         MR. MORRIS:  A third of your restaurants in this country now
    10        are drive ins, 40 out of 120?
              A.  It could be; I am not sure, around that somewhere.
    11
         Q.   It is growing, the number of drive-ins is now expanding?
    12        A.  We are growing in every respect.
 
    13   Q.   Would you say the number of drive-ins is the most
              expanding part of your sites?
    14        A.  Probably, yes, probably.
 
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you have a proportion to put to the
              witness?
    16
         MR. MORRIS:  I believe it is 140 out of 520 are drive-ins but
    17        I cannot argue -----
 
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  A proportion which ends up as environment/index.html">litter because
              otherwise I would have thought it absolutely impossible to
    19        know.  I do not see how anyone can measure environment/index.html">litter.
 
    20   MR. MORRIS:  Have you ever done any surveys on the proportion
              that you think ends up as environment/index.html">litter?
    21        A.  It hardly registers.
 
    22   Q.   On the streets rather than in bins?
              A.  It hardly registers.
    23
         Q.   What do you mean "hardly registers"?
    24        A.  Too small to count in the scale of things.  If I feed
              a million people in the UK today and they all bought a
    25        soft drink or a milk shake or a cup of something, I bet in
              the entirety of the UK, feeding a million people, we would 
    26        not find, I don't know, a 100 cups, 150 cups. 
  
    27   Q.   Have you ever walked down a high street in this country?
              A.  Many times.
    28
         Q.   And have you ever seen any McDonald's packaging on the
    29        floor on the ground?
              A.  Absolutely.  I also see people doing the environment/index.html">litter
    30        patrols picking up after it.
 

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