Day 214 - 01 02 96 - Page 26

 
 

                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                                 DAVID ROBERTS, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        A.  The Company policy is every two hours.  That did not
     2        always happen.  It may be two to three hours.  It would not
     3        necessarily happen on the hour, every hour, but we would do
     4        it every two and a half three hours.
     5
     6   Q.   How big are these red bins?
     7        A.  They are the size -- they are the height of that
     8        printer -- roughly half the size of that printer, same
     9        height.
    10
    11   Q.   That is -----
    12        A.  Yes, more or less the same size of that -- a square.
    13
    14   Q.   It is 10 litres, apparently.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  10 litres?
    17
    18   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, this is a 10 litre tub of mayonnaise, or
    19        it was once.  (To the witness) About that size?
    20        A.  That size, but square and red.
    21
    22   Q.   What sort of red was it:  bright red, dark red?
    23        A.  Arsenal red.
    24
    25   Q.   Very well.  Who actually did the logging of the waste?
    26        A.  That would be the Managers.  The training squad as
    27        well, they were allowed to count it; basically, anybody who
    28        is going to do it properly, if they were trained how to do
    29        it -- someone experienced, because it go towards the
    30        accounting and inventory of the store.
    31
    32   Q.   Is it written down on some kind of chart or table, or
    33        something?
    34        A.  It was written on a piece of paper and then transferred
    35        on to the instore processor.
    36
    37   Q.   If, for example, somebody had thrown away an unused salad
    38        at the end of the day, how do you actually count that --
    39        not leaf by leaf?
    40        A.  No.  It was actually counted as the entire salad as it
    41        was with everything in it, and the computer would work out,
    42        you know -- it would break it down as to what you actually
    43        wasted of each bit.
    44
    45   Q.   By weight or volume, or something?
    46        A.  The computer knew how many bits you had put in for each
    47        one, and it would give you a calculation on that.
    48
    49   Q.   This is really, I suppose, just out of curiosity.  I do not
    50        know, Mr. Roberts, but if somebody had broken a patty into 
    51        two bits when they were cooking it and thrown both bits 
    52        away, how would that be counted? 
    53        A.  As one.
    54
    55   Q.   As one?
    56        A.  Yes.
    57
    58   Q.   Would the person actually doing the wrap and call ever have
    59        to log the waste?
    60        A.  They may.  They would not be doing it as they are doing
 
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