Day 122 - 05 May 95 - Page 20
1 myself.
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3 MS. STEEL: I would like him to explain it.
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The difference is you want to keep your
6 labour costs as much as you can?
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. Query asmuch as you "fairly" can?
10 A. Yes.
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12 Q. The complaint which the Defendants are making is that you
13 do it unfairly?
14 A. No.
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16 Q. But you do not have any difficulty with trying to keep
17 labour costs down?
18 A. None at all.
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20 Q. Provided ---
21 A. It is done properly.
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23 Q. -- the employees are treated fairly?
24 A. Absolutely, and everyone who wishes to progress is
25 allowed to do so.
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27 Q. The implication in Ms. Steel's question was it was done
28 unfairly and people were being held back unfairly?
29 A. I do not accept that.
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31 MS. STEEL: How can promotion be a controllable expense if you
32 are not restricting it according to ----
33 A. No, no, no. I am sorry, you have got the complete wrong
34 end of the stick there. Promotion is money spent on local
35 advertising, on sponsorships, and it is nothing at all to
36 do with promotion.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When you mentioned promotion yesterday I very
39 nearly said: "You did not use the word 'promotion', you
40 used the word 'marketing' but promotion is part of
41 marketing"?
42 A. It is promoting the restaurant. I am sorry I may have
43 misled you.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Start afresh. You may want to ask any more
46 about it, but take a moment.
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48 THE WITNESS: I may have mislead you. I apologise. "Promotion"
49 is local store marketing.
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51 MR. MORRIS: Whether or not that means promotions in terms of
52 advertising -----
53 A. It does.
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55 Q. Assuming it does. Stores can run without a manager being
56 present, can they not?
57 A. Without the manager being present.
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59 Q. The manager?
60 A. The Restaurant Manager.
