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hospitality group joining us with more on the service breaks and a new vaccination policy today, danny meyerircumstances. we have been following your progress throughout this entire pandemic here we are hitting a new hurdle and have you some news about how you're dealing with it >> well, good morning, andrew. we got to stop meeting on this particular topic one of these days that will be a good thing. back in august you will remember that we broke the news that union scare hospitality group was going to trying to approach the safety aspect of what was going on by requiring proof of vaccination for both our staff members and for our guests and that has gone really, really well 100% of our staff members are fully vaccinated as are our guests however, we now know since august the meaning and the definition of being fully vaccinated includes being boosted. and so beginning immediately, we are going to be requiring that 100% of our staff members have a third shot a booster within 30 days of their eligibility and to give our guests a little bit more time beginning in mid-january, we'll be requiring

we still have a business that is surviving and we're doing okay >> scott, danny meyer of union squareoosters for diners in his establishment. do you plan to require boosters for people looking to dine in your establishments? >> we mandated vaccinations before the city and state did for our employees. we said it's for your protection and the guest's protection if you're boosted, the chance of getting really sick are minimal. so, why not do it? we've been having to check vaccination cards for a while now for people coming to our restaurant i think it's part of the new world for the to near future and something we're going to end up having to do >> what about staffing >> staffing's been a problem the last two years and it's not a question of finding people but some are coming down with covid, people are coming down with the flu and other people want to see their families over christmas and don't want to take the rick of getting covid before they're with their parents so, staffing's been an issue but fortunately we've been able to stay open. we've adjusted hours in some locations but we'v

. >> with danny meyer. >> the way they're cut >> it's a great strategy to get people to buy other stuffet a drink with it you need maybe a burger on the side, like that's how you do it. >> a side with the fries >> the fries are on the side of the burger there is more surface area. >> how many times have you got an free gift certificate for $10, you can't use it unless you really spend 25. you got to be genius of what they're doing here. >> that's right. it is a promotion. i think that's why >> it's like free shipping if you do $60 of free mitching people will make everything in the store priced under 60 bucks. people hate paying for shipping if you can get it fry free by putting another item in the cart >> this is going to be fun i am looking forward to it coming up, the wall street mentalists will read our mine and make predictions, coming up after the break. futures up 120 points on the dow. >> time now for today's aflac trivia question. what town currently holding the 2021 record for the world's tallest christmas tree the answer when cnbc "squawk box" continues box" continues >> but