lemonis: how you doing, dear? stephanie: hi, marcus: ♪ are you ready for a cool relation ♪ ♪ with the brand that's rockin' the nation? ♪ ♪ guaranteed to make you smile ♪ gonna help you keep it cool for a while ♪ [ cheering ] ♪ do you want to keep things cold? geoff: who'd like to test out a cooler? stephanie: this is a bad-ass cooler. lemonis: they were working as a team. everybody was pitching in. everybody was out there hustling, talking to customers. and strud wasn't doing anything other than what i wanted him to be doing, which is letting his big, bright personality shine. strud: insulation sensation. how'd you like to be hands-free? yeah! get in there. one, two, three -- cha! man: the insulation sensation! man #2: it's an insulation sensation! [ cheering ] stephanie: all right. thanks, y'all. keep it cool! strud: hut! lemonis: so, when all the stuff went up on the shelves, what did you notice you were out of? strud: we're gonna need a lot of orange and blue coolers. [ laughter ] lemonis: now that i've seen them with customers and

marcus: yeah. lemonis: and how about her? is she mean? arcus: [ laughing ] no, she's -- tamika: [ laughs ] woman: hi. how are you? lauren: what kind of cupcake would you like? girl: strawberry twist. lauren: you want a strawberry twist? all right, so, your total's gonna be $7.50. lemonis: how many staff members do you have? tonnie: 12. lauren will be the one who'll be in the front. -lemonis: hi. are you -- hi. -lauren: i'm lauren. lemonis: hi, lauren. how are you? -lauren: good. nice to meet you. -lemonis: very nice to meet you. -are you a baker? -lauren: when i have to be. lemonis: so what is your primary role here? lauren: i'm in the front selling the product. lemonis: okay, great. nice meeting you. lauren: you too. thank you. tonnie: there's a lot going on with tonnie's minis right now as we speak. i'm doing a project in newark that's close to being finalized. the people who are giving me the space, they're building out the store. lemonis: at their expense? tonnie: at their expense. so what i have to supply is equipment, the first month

marcus lemonis. it's such a pleasure to finally -- -lemonis: are you anthony? -anthony: yes, sir, it is. -lemonis: nice to meet you. -anthony: pleasure to meet you. lemonis: you know what i love about highway 17? anthony: it's a lot of signs? lemonis: [ laughing ] all the signs. anthony: yeah, new signs, we do a lot of. we just did one, the car wash. i don't know if you saw it on the way here. big l.e.d. board, it was about 32 grand. we just finished it. lemonis: oh, whoa. anthony: customer's really stoked about it. lemonis: now, i don't know your business, and i'm excited to learn it. and so i know a little bit about it, 'cause i buy a couple million dollars a year worth of signs across all these businesses. anthony: i know a good sign company. -lemonis: i know you do. -anthony: [ laughs ] lemonis: but i got to get comfortable with what you're doing. so, what exactly does asl signs do? anthony: we are a one-stop shop manufacturing plant. so we do high volume, low labor. -lemonis: banners? -anthony: all day long. -lemonis: for-sale signs? -anthony: as many as y

jennifer: that's my baby, marcus. lemonisat's your baby. [ both laugh ] chandler: depends on the day. lemonis: i love the passion and the commitment that she has to what she makes with her hands. you want to invest in people, you invest in people that have passion like that. chandler: i guess my position is, i'm just trying to find a way to do that super high quality responsibly as we grow. lemonis: but what do you mean, as you grow? chandler: i mean, we need more locations. lemonis: why? chandler: because we've got to achieve some sort of scale, because even though it is a little riskier to go to another store, it creates cash flow stability. i think about 100 stores in more densely populated areas. i don't think we can do enough in sales out of here to support two families. lemonis: i'm seeing the first conflict, with chandler wanting to open up stores all over the world, and mom falling in love with what she's making in lexington, kentucky. i don't know how those two worlds could actually come together. how are you, sir? i

-lemonis: congratulations. -dan: thank you, marcusnis: so, i wanted to get everybody together and give you guys who are part of the team who were not at our meeting the other day a quick summary on what happened. the deal that i made with patrick is for me to invest $200,000 for 50% of the business. with that $200,000, we're gonna take care of our vendors, we're gonna invest in product development, we're gonna work on growing the women's category. kelly: i feel better now. lemonis: why? what did you think was going to happen? kelly: i don't know. i was nervous. patrick: she's always paranoid about everything. kelly: i'm -- yeah. lemonis: well, you should be paranoid about it a little bit. a little more paranoid -- it will be good for you. that you didn't think everybody else was gonna clean up your mess, because they've been doing it for years. kelly: he's the little brother. we're always trying to take care of him. lemonis: why do you help so much? dan: i -- i don't know. [ sighs ] just something i've always done. lemonis: why? dan:

lemonis: how you doing? i'm marcus. nick: marcus, pleasure. nick. lemonis: nick?ice to meet you, brother. this is really a small kitchen. it's tight. nick: a lot of the equipment in here is very, very dated, so we've just been kind of doing the best we can. lemonis: it's tough to work in here. nick: you get used to it. lemonis: what was strange is that i'm here around lunch time, and there's not really anybody here. as i walk around the inside of the facility, i'm underwhelmed. i can't tell if they've given up or they don't care. but i can't invest in a business that dante has neglected. what would you call these two colors? salmon and light salmon? dante: salmon. lemonis: let's the three of us go outside. and as i go around the outside of the property, i'm seeing weeds everywhere, crap hanging from the trees. the parking lot looks like garbage. now, i can be tolerant for certain things, but disrespecting hard-earned assets is not one of them, and so i'm gonna put him through the paces. what would you rate the property today, aesthetically? dante: uh, 5 out of 10?

lemonis: how you doing guys? marcus. jack: jack hays. nice to meet you. onis: jack, how are you? -jeremy: jeremy felt. jed: jed hays. nice to meet you. lemonis: how are you? father-son? -together: yes. -lemonis: very good. and so, what's the plan here? maybe you guys could give us a summary and we could walk it? jed: yes. those buildings there, that's t.j. maxx. they're gonna open in the next few months. lemonis: let's walk the space. it's a construction site. what are they asking a foot? -jed: $777. lemonis: that's pretty strong. how many square feet? jed: 3,000. lemonis: so, over $230,000 a year? divide that by 12, you're talking about 18 grand a month? a good rule of thumb is that a restaurant's rent shouldn't exceed more than 8% of its total revenue. with an $18,000 rent factor, the restaurant would have to do at least $225,000 a month in sales. standard's current restaurant does about $100,000 a month in sales. if we were to open up a new location like this one, we would have to more than double our business. how many people live within 1 mile, 5 mile

. ♪ i'm marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. ve investing in american businesses. woman: these people are here because they care. lemonis: it's not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. we have a deal? let's rock and roll. man: yeah! lemonis: this is "the profit." ♪ today i'm at las vegas mini gran prix. now, i have to be honest. i love go-karting. i absolutely love it, and because i'm already a fan of nascar, the fact that i can potentially get involved in a family fun center that has karting, this looks like an amazing idea. it's unbelievable the size of this property. the first thing that appeals to me the minute i drive onto this property, it's the real estate itself, and any time you can get one track of land that's this big next to a major road, it looks like it could be a solid investment. ♪ after walking the parking lot, i see trash on the ground, old tires. flags are ripped. parking lot looks unkempt. there's these old motors just laying in the grass. it just feels like nobody cares. woman:

i'm marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. esting in american businesses. woman: these people are here because they care. lemonis: it's not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. do we have a deal? let's rock and roll. man: yeah! lemonis: this is "the profit." ♪ i was contacted by a miami-based former lawyer named ana quincoces. she has a marinade and sauce company called skinny latina. ana started the business 6 years ago, but so far, she hasn't been able to make the brand bigger than a regional product. the sauce and marinade industry is a gigantic opportunity, but i have two primary questions. number one -- what makes this sauce stand out in a crowd? and number two -- is this a real business, or is this just a side-hustle? woman: everything else was on top of it, right? for the barbecue. lemonis: hi, everybody. ana: of course i would meet you with this on. lemonis: that's all right. how are you? i'm marcus. nice to meet you. all right, so, i want to go through the process of how it's made. i woul

lemonis: i'm marcus. brad: brad. nice to meet you. trevor: trevor. monis: trevor, nice to meet you. travis: i'm travis. lemonis: how are you? what are you guys doing? brad: just going over inventory. lemonis: is this the whole office? travis: you're looking at it. and then the warehouse is downtown. lemonis: okay. are those the watches? travis: yeah. so, we, basically, started with an interchangeable watch. so the face pops out of the band -- pull back, pop up. lemonis: it's a cool watch. what does a watch like that sell for? travis: $35. lemonis: these are nice looking watches at a great price point. travis: we wanted to do an accessory that was bright, that could match with all all different things -- hats, shoes. lemonis: this is a comfortable watch. travis: it's lightweight. it's durable. initially we had 10 colors. each color represented a different charity, that we partnered with to give back 10%. lemonis: that's pretty slick. travis: yeah, right? trevor: we wanted to do something different, and no one was doing charity in the the watch space. s

thank you, marcus. -lemonis: i wish you luck. -fabio: thank you. lemonis: i do wish the best for sal and his whole team going forward, but, unfortunately, it's not gonna be with me. lemonis: my offer is $660,000. $200,000. $300,000. look, in all my deals, i hope to have a perfect relationship with all my partners. do we have a deal? -woman: let's do it. -lemonis: okay. but it's equally as important for me to build a relationship with the people that work there. the management team will own 25% of the business. they're the backbone of the business. and that's what brought me to the key west key lime pie company -- and the fact that i like sweets. jim brush and allison sloat were partners in life and in the pie company. their pie won a ton of awards, but the business lost money. and they were several hundred thousand dollars in debt. there's a lot of places to get key lime pie in key west. what are the ingredients? jim: it comes in one-gallon pails. it's already reconstituted. lemonis: their pie was good, but there was nothing that special about it. j

thank you, marcus. lemonis: okay, thank you, guys. a really good rep group. they have really good reach. okay? david: yeah. lemonis: let's go. all right. i appreciate that rachel hired david to lead the sales organization, but it's clear that that hasn't necessarily worked out. so i'm taking her to a food broker in chicago so she can see exactly how good or big the possibilities could be. rachel: so, yeah, i'd love to know a little bit about what you guys do. al: we're like the go-between between the manufacturer and the retailers. so, manufacturers that don't want to have their own sales force for whatever reason, they hire us, and we take products to market. walgreens and cvs. we do publix. we do myer. we do giant eagle, shopko. we also do target and walmart, as well. we have a pretty national coverage. rachel: a little back story from me, i was just a stay-at-home mom -- not "just." big job. but -- and wanted to start this business. and then, in the interim, my husband passed away, and it was out of nowhere, so we really had a tough

sammy: marcus, i don't want you to feel that way. lemonis: i do feel that way. mmy: we'll make it right, marcus. i-i promise. lemonis: honestly, i think we have to close. sammy: [ sighs ] (danny) 12 hours? 20 dogs?asy. where's your belly rubs? after a day of chasing dogs you shouldn't have to chase down payments. (vo) send invoices and accept payments to get paid twice as fast. (danny) it's time to get yours! (vo) quickbooks. backing you. lemonis: honestly, i think we have to close. tranchina: i mean, how long you talking about closing for? lemonis: i don't know. however long it takes. look, three days ago, i thought we could fix the process and improve the food. but honestly, it's gonna take way more than that. if we really want to set the standard -- and i truly believe we can, 'cause these guys have the heart and the passion -- then we're gonna have to tear this place all the way down to the studs and start over. [ jackhammer pounding ] outside, i'm busting up the concrete, redoing the parking lot, and creating a whole new seating area -- more tables, more cha

vinny: thanks, marcus. lemonis: see you in a few weeks. vinny: okay. whoo! e you. lemonis: nice to see you, brother. i'm taking vinny to beyond green, which is a biodegradable company that makes things like storage and shopping bags, and i want to see if they could actually make a biodegradable tap so that when the coconut gets thrown in the garbage, it actually totally biodegrades. so what is this? is this it? veejay: yes. lemonis: and how does it happen? do you melt it? and what does it cost to manufacture this? veejay: at maximum, for 25 cents apiece. lemonis: and what do you currently buy your taps for? vinny: we're in that same range. lemonis: to make a smart environmental business decision that has a price difference of essentially nothing, well, there's no question about it. we're moving forward with the biodegradable one. so you and i are gonna work on how the presentation of the product is going to work, how a licensee would understand, what's the steps to actually get somebody to actually buy off on, okay? let's go. vinny: alright. sounds good. ♪ le

lemonis: i'm marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. i love investing in american businesses. woman: these people are here because they care. lemonis: it's not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. do we have a deal? let's rock and roll. man: yeah! lemonis: this is "the profit." i'm in atlanta, georgia, and i'm on my way to perimeter mall, and i'm here to see macaron queen, which is a very small start-up in the dessert space. it's clear to me that macaron queen has a good business model on a small scale, but this particular product possesses all the qualities needed to actually become a direct-to-consumer product and a big wholesale product. they want to grow, but they want to grow profitably. woman #2: a princess cake, two of those crème brûlées. lemonis: i love french macarons. i would almost call myself a macaron snob. nina: hi! lemonis: i'm marcus. nina: hi, i'm nina. lemonis: nina? nina: yes. finia: pleasure to meet you. finia. lemonis: are you mom? finia: yes! lemonis: okay! this is a really beautiful

. ♪ lemonis: i'm marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. love investing in american businesses. woman: people are here because i care. lemonis: it's not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. do we have a deal? let's rock and roll. man: yeah! lemonis: this is "the profit." hatbox is a local hat store in downtown austin and it specializes in any kind of hat. literally any kind of hat that you can think of. now, we know that the accessory business is a fast growing business but to have a whole business just on hats -- i was intrigued by it. ♪ jaron: hi. how are you? lemonis: hey, good. how are you? jaron: i'm jaron. lemonis: jaron? jaron: yes, sir. lemonis: nice to meet you. i love your hat. jaron: thank you. lemonis: this place is bigger than i thought it was going to be. got to love hats if you work here right? jaron: yes, you do. lemonis: i felt like i was on main street in disney world and i walked into one of the, like, attractions, and i was greeted by a guy who looked like he was from the 1950s. i'll give th

lemonis: let her know marcus is here. woman: okay. lemonis: thank you.idn't really understand when i walked into pacific, why i was seeing residential furniture. i thought this was a hospitality business. if this is a showroom, i don't think they're showing the right stuff. ana: hi, marcus! lemonis: are you ana? ana: yes. lemonis: how are you? ana: nice to meet you. lemonis: it's really nice to meet you. ana: yes. very nice to meet you. lemonis: how long have you guys been here? ana: we've been in this location about 13 years. lemonis: wow. ana: yes. lemonis: how are you, sir? i'm marcus. how are you, sir? nice to meet you. gilbert: me too. lemonis: how long have you guys been in business? gilbert: 40 years. lemonis: 40 years? and what is your business primarily? is it hospitality? ana: mostly hospitality. we do guest room furniture, public space furniture, as well as restaurant furniture. lemonis: and how much of your business is hospitality? ana: probably like 90%. lemonis: 90%. what's the other 10%? ana: a mix of like retail, as well as residential. s

lemonis: are you proud of her? michael: very proud. very proud. marcuscoming into our business and helping us go to the next level was the single best thing that's ever happened to us at pro-fit. lemonis: michael and tina are gonna make a lot more money with the pro-fit bars than they do with the pro-fit gym, and over the next year, we plan on selling about a million bars, generating $900,000 in revenue and $200,000 in profit. and we're gonna launch a number of new product extensions. tina: oh, my god! michael: good job, honey. you did great. tina: oh, i can't believe this! -michael: [ smooches ] -tina: ah! -michael: well done. -tina: amazing. lemonis: i believe in the three pillars in business -- people, process, and product -- and it's been my mantra in life and on the show. improving the product is rarely an issue. noemi: voilà. lemonis: at courage. b, we took a woman's-clothing line that was all over the place... noemi: i never approved this design. -nicolas: you approved this. -stephanie: are you kidding? lemonis: ...and often poorly made. it's dist

-lemonis: hey. i'm marcus. corey: i know who you are. i'm corey. it's nice to meet you. onis: nice to meet you. corey: yeah, yeah, yeah. this is my wife. lemonis: how are you? nice to meet you. you're the boss? corey: that's laurie, she's a hugger. lemonis: who's the boss? laurie: he is the boss. he's the main -- he's the main... -corey: i don't know. -laurie: yes. -lemonis: hi. how are you? -carlos: hey. how are you? lemonis: good. what are the types of bagels that you have? carlos: 13 kind of bagels, you can show them behind me. lemonis: i'm gonna have everything bagel. what do you sell one bagel for? -corey: $1.29. lemonis: what does it cost to make one bagel? corey: about 10 cents. -lemonis: in materials? -corey: in materials. lemonis: and another 10 in labor? corey: exactly. lemonis: so that's part of the beauty of being in this business. -corey: of course. lemonis: it's high margin. take your half. corey: okay, thanks. laurie: [ laughs ] man: what can i get for you today? laurie: now, i have a bagel every single day. corey: it's a good bagel. if it doesn't hurt here

good morning, marcus. lemonis: what's happening? colas: i made a new version of the duster with the different type of trim. lemonis: okay. nicolas: you talked about the trim was fraying. -lemonis: can i see it? -nicolas: yeah. let me get it. lemonis: noemi, can you come on down? nicolas: the weaving is a little tighter, so it feels slightly different. lemonis: who's the one that actually changed this? nicolas: i did. lemonis: nicolas, why are you working on the duster? nicolas: because i had the resources to do it. lemonis: but you didn't include your mom? noemi: no, because we went through that. lemonis: it sounds like you have a problem with that. nicolas: i don't have a problem with that. noemi: it's the control. i told you. this is another problem we have. nicolas: so, are we talking about the past or the future or -- i don't understand. noemi: future. -nicolas: okay, so -- -noemi: we already decide. why are we going back and talking about it? nicolas: so, if we're talking about the future, what happened in the past is irrelevant

-lemonis: i'm marcus. -lisa: marcus, this is kacey. -kacey: nice to meet you. to meet you? how are you? pet food experts is one of the largest distributors of pet food in the united states. not only do they carry a ton of brands, but they carry a wide variety of price points. that's why we're here. do you have your mission statement? lisa: this is our food promise that we go off of. lemonis: "no byproducts, corn, wheat, or soy." -"no chemical preservatives." -kacey: mm-hmm. lemonis: why don't we walk and just kind of get a feel for it? i need lisa's expertise and her brand promise to determine what foods are gonna work and not work, but i also need her to be open-minded. -do we carry this nutro? -lisa: no. lemonis: does it have byproducts, corn, wheat, or soy? lisa: this one i don't know. no, this one doesn't. lemonis: chemical preservatives? lisa: doesn't look like it. lemonis: so, this has the food promise, but you won't carry it. -lisa: no. -lemonis: why? lisa: when we actually first opened, they were the biggest ones that had all the recalls and stuff, too.

petros: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonisw, you've been in the chocolate business for how many years? -george: almost 40 years. lemonis: and how long ago did you meet? eleni: 39 years ago. he was in greece. lemonis: oh, you were in greece. who are these pictures of? -zoe: that's my mom's parents. petros: yeah, and a little push cart in baltimore. zoe: in baltimore, where they were hand-rolling chocolates, and my dad came over. he learned the trade. george: i love to work for my kids. lemonis: it's nice to have your children support you. george: oh, yes. i think that's the most important, to love each other. lemonis: this place is -- it got a lot bigger. -petros: yeah, right. -lemonis: it goes back even -- petros: it goes back farther, yeah. lemonis: holy... petros: this is the kitchen, where we manufacture everything. lemonis: oh, my gosh. i just want to see the process. petros: so we're boiling the cream, and we have our raw chocolate, a little butter. lemonis: can i stir it? oh, yeah. petros: so this is gonna cool. after it

chris: hey, marcus. lemonis: so, the raw materials come in here. who schedules the workflow that happens? chris: i schedule every order that comes through. lemonis: so who's in charge of sales? -mike: me. -lemonis: who generates the actual sale order, the quote? mike: i do. lemonis: and who makes sure that it's priced properly? chris: i created the pricing tool, and mike said, "these prices are too high." mike: i'm trying to be competitive to -- to get sales in the door. lemonis: so you're inefficient, and you're priced below market, which means you have high costs and no margin. death spiral. the guy who's manufacturing the product and knows all the numbers isn't allowed to price the product? we're gonna let the salesman price it? not a good idea. are these organized in a way or would you say it's a little jacked-up right now? chris: it's not too bad. lemonis: it doesn't look super-organized to me. disorganized materials equals loss of time, which equals loss of labor, which means money is leaking out the door. i see boxes everywhere. i see piles o

lemonis: we'll go with "athletic." lady: [ laughs ] marcus, how you doing? monis: these feel -- so, the problem with these -- they feel big on me. lady: i like the leg shape on you. lemonis: no, i can't fit in 34s. lady: do we have the size 36? amy: we don't have them anymore. lemonis: these have too much stretch in them. i feel like i'm in, like, grandma pants -or something with leg stretch. -lady: yoga pants. lemonis: same issue. so these actually got even wider. lady: yeah, those are actually way too wide. you got to take those off. [ laughs ] lemonis: you want me to take them off right here? -just like -- -lady: well -- lemonis: they didn't have my size in most instances, and they didn't have much inventory for me to choose from. i felt like i was being given the leftovers. why is it called blujean bar as opposed to blue jean bar? lady: i'm from new orleans, and so i came up with this idea that it was gonna be, like, a blues bar, like a new orleans blues bar. lemonis: does it feel like a blues bar in here? lady: it does not feel like a blues bar. lemonis:

-lemonis: i'm marcus. sasha: i'm sasha. nice to meet you. -lemonis: nice to meet you. -rich: hi, marcus. -i'm richard. how are you? -lemonis: nice to meet you. market square serves gyros, but beyond that, there are few similarities to the other locations. the color scheme and seating are different. even the layout's different. same brand, different experience. not a good idea. how's business? tell me a little bit about it. rich: well, as far as business is concerned, we do about a half a million a year. lemonis: half a million in sales? rich: well, to break even. lemonis: so, how often do you see mike and kathleen? sasha: the first of the month, like clockwork. rich: they're here to get their royalty check. lemonis: do they stay for a day and work on your business and help you? rich: no. we put $175,000 of our own money into it. we just gutted this entire building. lemonis: so, you put in all this equipment, the floors, the ceilings, the whole thing. sasha: everything. lemonis: $175,000's a lot of money to invest without getting support. sasha: yeah. lemonis: after visi

lemonis: i'm marcus. lisa: how are you doing? lemonis: nice to meet you. tell me what's going on here. cory: okay, so today we actually have a pop-up shop and customers come, they get a cookie. they sit down and wait for their car. lemonis: are we generating revenue? or are you giving them away? cory: the company buys them and then we give them. lemonis: very smart. whose idea was that? cory: both of our ideas. lemonis: okay. now more importantly, i love cookies. cory: so you got to try them. lemonis: so i'm a really tough judge, though. cory: okay. okay. i got you. lemonis: okay. cory: okay, this is the chocolate chip. they're all natural, and they have no preservatives added. lemonis: the chocolate chip was amazing. cory: thank you. second, this is a double dark. this is like the brownie. nice and soft in the middle. lemonis: it's delicious. cory: and sugar cookies. lemonis: is there orange in this cookie? orange peel? cory: it's a secret recipe. lemonis: okay. let me just tell you right now. lisa: oh, no. lemonis: if we do a deal, i'm gonna need to know

lemonis: my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses.

mark: marcus... lemonis: thank you. mark: thank you so much. eal is done, i'm super excited to get started working for santa, and i'm going to put some christmas in the air. these are good. i love these. heidi: good morning. mark: hey! lemonis: what's happening? hi. hunter: hello. emily: hi. lemonis: how are you? i'm marcus. emily: i'm good. i'm emily. lemonis: nice to meet you, emily. emily: nice to meet you. hunter: hunter. lemonis: hunter, nice to meet you. do you love all these toys? emily: yeah. lemonis: what do you think about making it better? hunter: yes. lemonis: what do you think we should do to it? hunter: just decorate it better so that way it doesn't look kind of cheap, almost. lemonis: oh, it looks cheap? okay. at least we have an honest family member. and what do you think they sacrifice for you? hunter: a lot. dad worked a lot. he still does. mom still does. we never get to have family outings, not very often, anyway. ♪ lemonis: i'm marcus. laura: hi, laura. nice to meet you. lemonis: laura? laura: yes. lemonis: nice to meet you.

lemonis. -how you doing? marcus.f eight casinos on fremont street that offer a little less glitz and apparently a lot more for your buck. this place is way different than i thought it was gonna be. -really? -it's got good energy. -it's packed. -yeah. -is it always this packed? -yeah, pretty much. i mean, here's a great stat for you. 43 million people visit las vegas. 24 million people visit the fremont street experience. this is definitely a destination spot. ♪ one reason why downtown is so popular? its mix of the old and the new. at the d, there are go-go dancers who also are licensed to deal cards... bartenders who also entertain... i think it's the longest bar west of the mississippi. -if you add 10 more feet -- -believe me. every linear foot means something. ...and a casino that spans two floors. downstairs is fast-paced, filled with energy... while upstairs is a little more chill, a throwback to the casinos that once made downtown famous. it feels different here. it feels old-school. it feels authentic. and i th

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. >> my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. >> we made $10,000 together. >> i make tough decisions... we'll change the recipes. >> i mean, that would be the last thing i'd want to do. >> and i back them up with my own cash. it's not always pretty. >> do you want me to get in your face? 'cause that's your face. >> but this is business. >> i've lost faith. we need to change dramatically. >> i do it to save jobs. awesome. and i do it to make money. this the profit. sweet pete's is a candy store located in jacksonville, florida, specializing in chocolates and candy handmade by master chocolatier peter behringer. >> so you guys like candy? >> mm-hmm. >> pete's love of sweets began at the age of 12, when he started making candy for his mom's shop-- peterbrooke chocolatier. >> i wouldn't do anything else. >> family business was thriving, and life was good for pete and his wife, allison. but after a dispute, pete left the business and was forced to start over from scratch. >> the last $10,000 we had, we put into this business. >> starting over required the help of a financi