lamarinette: lamarinette. lemonis: what is your role here, like, in the business?arinette: i do mail orders. lemonis: mail order. lamarinette: i'm a receptionist. i drop off delivery. erica: complain. lamarinette: what else -- she says i complain. lemonis: okay. we got to find a table to sit them down at. why don't all three of us do it? and i want to line up all the flavors in each row, okay? all right, so... wait a minute. wait a minute. this is too much. erica: oh, we're missing one more skew. sorry. lemonis: okay. i mean, there's so many, you can't even keep track of them. so, 3 sets of grits, 17 types of waffle and pancake mix... erica: yep. lemonis: ...3 types of bacon rub, 2 types of chicken mix, and one type of syrup. erica: yep. lemonis: there doesn't seem to be as much thought as there could be in terms of streamlining and organizing their lineup -- whether it's fried chicken with two, which maybe you don't have enough, or pancakes with 17, which maybe you have too much. i kind of scratch my head and wonder, "are they a southern-company? are they a breakf

lamarinette: you put a smile on my face. lemonis: you want to talk about progress? i give the credit to erica and mama. erica: that means a lot. lemonis: i'm gonna join you guys. ice cream parlour in california. mike: welcome to farrell's ice cream parlour. are you celebrating anything today? lemonis: i put up almost $1 million to save this beloved brand from collapsing. now i need to save my investment. your license agreement here is terminated today. i can't do this anymore. the owners are once again mismanaging the funds. travis: we got notified from the landlord that you're behind on rent, and... lemonis: you guys were not aware of it? travis: no. lemonis: the flagship restaurant has fallen into chaos. i got, basically, a big f you, and my $700,000 is gone. to revive it, i'm going to need rely on some old friends... we want to do it? allison: let's do it. lemonis: ...try some new approaches... travis, allison, pete, and myself, we'll be partners in this business. ...and make some painful decisions. you want me to work a deal out with the landlord so it lets parl