Day 067 - 15 Dec 94 - Page 43


     
     1   MR. RAMPTON:  Quite right.  I inadvertently misled your Lordship
     2        earlier.  One can see on the front page that it comes from
     3        Connagra, Washington.
     4
     5   MR. MORRIS:  One of your suppliers, yes?  Connagra is one of
     6        your suppliers?
     7        A.  Connagra?
     8
     9   Q.   Yes.
    10        A.  Connagra is a huge company in the United States and
    11        mostly it works on commodities, on grain commodities, as
    12        well as chicken production.  In the United States they do
    13        not supply chicken for us.
    14
    15   Q.   They supply beef to you, do they?
    16        A.  They are owners, Connagra also own slaughterhouses; the
    17        companies that own slaughterhouses and debone-ing
    18        facilities.
    19
    20   Q.   Some of them supply -----
    21        A.  We do not have an agreement of a close relationship or
    22        a supply with them.
    23
    24   Q.   Does any beef produced by Connagra end up at the McDonald's
    25        stores?
    26        A.  Could be, yes.
    27
    28   Q.   Yes.  So, they are one of your suppliers, yes?
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, they are not.
    31        A.  That would be an incorrect statement.
    32
    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Some of their beef may end up -- have we
    34        started cross-examining about Connagra just because there
    35        is a "Connagra" stamp on the top?
    36
    37   MS. STEEL:  Can you look at your first statement -----
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, look, we can only have one of you at a
    40        time.  I was about to say anyway that we are getting back
    41        to the situation where it is two questions from one of you
    42         ---
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  We are trying not to but -----
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- and then two questions from the other.
    47        You must do your best.
    48
    49   MS. STEEL:  The problem is, see, what happens is if we do not
    50        take turns, then usually we try to explain it to the other 
    51        one and they do not necessarily grasp what we are getting 
    52        at. 
    53
    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Nevertheless, you must find a better way of
    55        doing it.  For the great majority of the case you have
    56        managed.
    57
    58   MR. MORRIS (To the witness):  Just while we are on the subject
    59        of Connagra, they do supply beef to your suppliers for
    60        McDonald's?

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