Day 141 - 23 Jun 95 - Page 22

     
     1        employees of that restaurant.  Similar to, my Lord, the
     2        United States, where you are in the hands of the local
     3        authorities to tell us what we should do and what we should
     4        not do, and those kinds of things.
     5
     6   MS. STEEL:   When were you expecting these new stores to be
     7        built?
     8        A.  I think I mentioned earlier, we just got into it, that
     9        I expected some stores to open in 1986, but I cannot tell
    10        you exactly when.
    11
    12   Q.   It would have been a few months after this, at least?
    13        A.  I do not know, because I do not recall.  I knew we had
    14        some real estate, but I do not believe that any stores were
    15        under construction, so that it would normally take several
    16        months to be able to open up a new store.
    17
    18   Q.   In the meantime you had hired 200 crew to do the jobs that
    19        normally you would hire 60 for?
    20        A.  Not true.  Not true.
    21
    22   Q.   I am pretty certain that is what you said when you were
    23        giving your evidence in-chief?
    24        A.  Boy!  I sure do not recall that.  If you are talking
    25        about the average size of crew complement in the US, you
    26        may be close to being right, but in Mexico the average size
    27        would be over 100 crew.
    28
    29   MR. MORRIS:  How many workers are employed in McDonald's stores
    30        in Mexico?
    31        A.  In the one store in Mexico City?
    32
    33   Q.   No, Mexico as a whole.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Now do you mean?
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, approximately.
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you know, do your best to give an
    40        estimate, but do not give one if you really do not know at
         all.
    42        A.  Wow!  My Lord, my problem is there are different volume
    43        stores, different cities in Mexico; some will have good
    44        volume, some will have lower volume, if you will.
    45        I certainly want to help in moving this along, but it is a
    46        very difficult thing for me to make an estimate.
    47
    48   MS. STEEL:   In Mexico, is there a similar rate of part-time
    49        workers to full-time workers as there is in the United
    50        States? 
    51        A.  Yes, there is. 
    52 
    53   Q.   There is, right.  So whether or not it was 60 or something
    54        over 100 -- round about 100, you are saying, is normal or
    55        what?
    56        A.  I would say over a 100 is normal.
    57
    58   Q.   Right, but what over 100 normally?
    59        A.  That is hard.  Again, you have stores that are
    60        doing -----