Day 180 - 31 Oct 95 - Page 25
1 industries as you have said?
2 A. The other industries are given in the -- further down
3 that same right-hand column. So we are talking about the
4 turnover rate between two and three times those of
5 industrial sectors.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Hold on. I am not sure I am following you
8 then. I see the 35.4, which industrial sectors are you
9 looking at?
10 A. Well, if you look further down that same column,
11 my Lord ---
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13 Q. Yes.
14 A. -- you see "industrial sectors" there; that is the
15 industrial catering sector, and you will notice it has a
16 much lower turnover rate. In fact, it -----
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18 Q. So all the sectors there are catering, but within
19 those ---
20 A. Within those sectors.
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22 Q. -- industries?
23 A. Yes.
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25 Q. Just pause a moment, then. (Pause)
26 A. It could be factory canteens, for example.
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28 Q. Yes.
29 A. Now, within the restaurants division, in that
30 table -----
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32 Q. So "education" could be catering for schools?
33 A. Absolutely.
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35 Q. "Medical" could be hospitals?
36 A. Yes, it would be that.
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38 Q. Except I see that one GP trust has introduced a bar in its
39 survey; it says it has separate entries to the ones at the
40 surgery?
41 A. As long as your alcohol units do not exceed the given
42 limits per week.
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44 Q. Anyway, I understand what it is now.
45 A. Yes. So, if I may say, the key point, I think, in my
46 submission, is that the fast-food industry is included
47 within, in this table, the restaurants percentage; and
48 I know this because I rang up and asked.
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50 MR. MORRIS: Coming to McDonald's, we have heard that, in fact,
51 the -----
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let me just ask Mr. Pearson: this research
54 was not done actually by you, yourself?
55 A. No, it was not.
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57 Q. You were not part of the research team. But do any of the
58 figures surprise you, from your own experience in the
59 industry?
60 A. These figures in this report do not surprise me,
