Day 078 - 26 Jan 95 - Page 38
1 A. 1978.
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3 Q. 1978, sorry. Were you buying beef consistently from
4 Weddels between 1978 and 1983?
5 A. Consistently in the form of commercially, yes. I mean,
6 there were months when you trade and there are weeks when
7 you trade and then periods when you do not trade.
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9 Q. Right. Where was that beef from?
10 A. Britain.
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12 Q. That was all British, was it?
13 A. Yes, British Beef Company.
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15 Q. Right. The ranches in Brazil, how many were there?
16 A. How many were there?
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18 Q. Supplying?
19 A. I really do not know. I cannot remember that.
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21 Q. Right.
22 A. I really do not know.
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24 Q. Were they all owned by Vesty's?
25 A. No.
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27 Q. They were not?
28 A. No.
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30 Q. Were any of them owned by Vesty's?
31 A. To my knowledge and my memory, I cannot answer that
32 question.
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34 Q. Do you know the names of any of the ranches?
35 A. No, I cannot remember them now.
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37 Q. Have you heard of a company called Kings Ranches?
38 A. "Kings" plural? No, the only ranch I have ever heard
39 is "King", singular, the "King" Ranch in Texas.
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41 Q. In Texas?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. Sorry, it is "King Ranch".
45 A. I have heard the "King Ranch" in Texas.
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47 Q. Was that in Kingsville, Texas?
48 A. I do not know where it is; I have just heard of it.
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50 Q. Right. Has McDonald's had any dealings with that company?
51 A. King Ranch?
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53 Q. Yes.
54 A. Well, in the context of my knowledge of McDonald's in
55 the United Kingdom, the answer is no, because we can only
56 bring in beef from the EEC unless it is under the Hilton
57 scheme, the LOME scheme or balance sheet. So I can tell
58 you that the answer to that question since 1978 in England
59 is, no.
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