Day 099 - 08 Mar 95 - Page 10

     
     1        A.  It will deposit them at one of our two national
     2        distribution centres.
     3
     4   Q.   Where are they situated?
     5        A.  There is one in Hemel Hempstead and one in Heywood in
     6        Manchester.
     7
     8   Q.   Do those distributions centre, Hemel Hempstead towards the
     9        south of England and Manchester towards the north, serve
    10        different parts of the country?
    11        A.  That is correct, yes.
    12
    13   Q.   Is Scotland, for example, serviced by the Manchester depot?
    14        A.  Yes, it is.
    15
    16   Q.   Tell me first of all this, who owns those distribution
    17        depots?
    18        A.  They are owned by a company called Golden West Foods.
    19
    20   Q.   Is that a company which is independent of McDonald's or is
         it owned by McDonald's?
    22        A.  It is independent of McDonald's now.
    23
    24   Q.   Was there a time when McDonald's had an interest in it?
    25        A.  There was initially, yes.
    26
    27   Q.   The chicken arrives at Manchester or at Hemel Hempstead.
    28        What happens to it there?
    29        A.  It is taken straight from a chilled dock into frozen
    30        storage in the distribution centre.
    31
    32   Q.   For how long might it stay -- give an average, if you can,
    33        a guesstimate -- in the distribution centre?
    34        A.  I would say, on average, no more than a couple of days.
    35
    36   Q.   Is it from the distribution centre then that the various
    37        restaurants are served individually by Golden West?
    38        A.  That is right, yes.
    39
    40   Q.   There are no intervening points before the restaurants?
         A.  No.
    42
    43   Q.   What method do Golden West use to distribute the product to
    44        the restaurants?
    45        A.  They will be distributed in frozen trailers.  The
    46        frozen products will be distributed in the frozen section
    47        of a temperature controlled trailer.
    48
    49   Q.   Sun Valley brings it frozen to Golden West and Golden West
    50        might keep it a maximum of a couple of days, and then 
    51        Golden West take it in their frozen trucks to the 
    52        McDonald's restaurant? 
    53        A.  Correct.
    54
    55   Q.   What happens when it gets to McDonald's restaurant?
    56        A.  The vehicle is unloaded and rolled straight into the
    57        restaurant freezer.
    58
    59   Q.   Does the same sort of system apply for the beef and the
    60        pork that McKey manufacture for you in this country?