Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 12
1 Q. You are currently the managing director of McDonald's
2 Ireland?
3 A. No, not correct.
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5 Q. Sorry, I thought I read that somewhere. Well, Pantry
6 Franchise Ireland?
7 A. Yes, that is correct. That is my own company.
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9 Q. Which trades under the name of McDonald's Restaurants?
10 A. Yes. We have a franchise from McDonald's.
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12 Q. But you are the managing director of that company?
13 A. That is correct.
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15 Q. And you have been since when?
16 A. Since 1976.
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18 Q. Presumably now, you do not have quite as much to do with
19 the day-to-day running of the stores themselves as you did
20 when the Company started up?
21 A. No, I would not say that is correct. I am quite
22 involved with the running of my Company.
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24 Q. Yes, but of the actual stores?
25 A. No, I am -- that is my primary focus in my day-to-day
26 work.
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28 Q. How much time do you spend in the stores now, then?
29 A. It is probably hard to equate exactly, but I certainly
30 would visit all of the restaurants at least once every two
31 weeks.
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33 Q. How many restaurants is that that you are responsible for
34 now?
35 A. 12 restaurants.
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37 Q. Was the situation the same in 1977 or, you know, did you
38 have more involvement on a day-to-day basis at the stores?
39 A. I probably would have had more involvement in 1977.
40 There was only one restaurant in 1977.
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42 Q. What about in 1979; were there just the two then?
43 A. There were just two.
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45 Q. How much time did you spend in the stores at that stage?
46 A. Quite a bit of time.
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48 Q. Roughly how many days?
49 A. Probably a couple of days a week, perhaps.
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51 Q. Is that between the two stores?
52 A. Between the two stores, yes.
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54 Q. Did you have supervisors and area supervisors under you in
55 1979?
56 A. No, I did not have an area supervisor.
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58 Q. What about a supervisor?
59 A. Well, I had managers.
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