Day 062 - 06 Dec 94 - Page 52
1 A. To the distribution centres.
2
3 Q. To the distribution centres.
4 A. That basically multiplied by the individual weight of
5 the products, split out to the various categories. There
6 is an amount estimation in this one in the fact that we had
7 only sales data for this report of, I think, 10 out of 12
8 months.
9
10 Q. So does this only represent 10 out of 12 months?
11 A. No. This represents an extrapolation of a whole year.
12 That was because we only started officially trading in,
13 I think, March 1991. So then you have March 1991 until
14 December 1991 sales data to base yourself on, so there is
15 an estimation in there.
16
17 Q. Going on to 7.1 in the following appendix?
18 A. Yes.
19
20 Q. In your statement you mention the amount of paperboard and
21 wood used in McDonald's packaging, including transport
22 packaging. The figures that you have got in your statement
23 are just for what was supplied through Perseco?
24 A. Yes.
25
26 Q. That is right? 7.1 you have stated in the first paragraph
27 under "Methodology" that: "Since this report is based on
28 Perseco's sales data, products that were not bought through
29 Perseco, which includes tray mats, promotional items, Happy
30 Meal boxes, etc., do not show in this study."
31 A. Yes.
32
33 Q. So all those things would not be included in the figure
34 given in your statement?
35 A. That is correct.
36
37 Q. The sentence that comes after that, "Some items for DCSA
38 and McInco came directly from a local supplier, in these
39 few cases estimates were used based on McDonald's sales
40 projections for 1992", so are you saying that you have
41 included the packaging used for them but that it is on an
42 estimate?
43 A. Yes.
44
45 Q. Right.
46 A. Basically how that went, the supplier there is local
47 and so it made more sense there to go directly into those
48 distribution centres for those supplies. Therefore, since
49 we did not have those sales figures we actually used sales
50 projections for that year.
51
52 Q. That means what, the number of items sold?
53 A. Yes.
54
55 Q. So would that have taken account of things like wastage, if
56 you know ----
57 A. Well, that would be exactly a similar figure as the
58 other ones, only the one is an estimate that you make in
59 the beginning of the year; the other one you determine at
60 the end of the year on the basis of what you sell. At the
