mr. green tea, a gourmet ice cream company. for nearly 50 years, mr. een tea has been hand-crafting exotic ice cream flavors and supplying the asian restaurant trade in new york city. >> so delicious. >> way ahead of their time, mr. green tea was producing flavors like green tea, ginger, and red bean. this family business was founded by richard's dad, santo emanuele, in 1968, who ran it with richard's older brother, james. richard's dad passed away, and then his brother died unexpectedly, leaving richard to run the business. richard wanted to keep his family legacy alive, so he took over the business and brought his son, michael, with him. >> michael, there's multiple problems. we gotta do what we gotta do. >> unlike many of the businesses i help, mr. green tea isn't facing a crisis. they generated over $2.5 million a year in revenue, and the emanueles make a very good living, but the business is static. >> i have such a hard time making this decision. >> the emanueles can't seem to agree on a plan for their future. michael has big ideas, but richard al

green tea. [ chuckles ] lemonis: green tea. woman 4: they all say "green tea." woman 5: the green tea -- the tea flavor. woman 6: i'm not a green tea lover, okay? so if i saw "mrn tea," i might not say, "oh, i'm gonna buy that." me. lemonis: i think we have some work to do. most people would expect me to push you to change the name. that doesn't bother me. there's a legacy there. what bothers me is the presentation of it and having "mr. green tea" be the dominant brand. one of the best things that happened at shoprite is seeing the positive feedback about the quality of the ice cream. but we need to put a process in place that forces us to do research and development on new flavors. and we need to go back to the drawing board on the packaging so that customers aren't thrown off and think there's green tea in every flavor. so, what i want to do is sort of take the actual packaging, and i want to basically move around some stuff. people don't want to think that there's green tea in the ice cream. -that's the feedback we got. -michael: yep. lemonis: pull that mr. green tea logo up. can you have these two live individually? michael: yeah, of course. lemonis: get r

mr. green tea ice cream. young man: this is actually amazing. car? -michael: that's my car. lemonis: ...success has spawned a whole new set of challenges. michael: the entire future of the brand is based off of my vision. richard: that's something i'm not so sure of. lemonis: the owner's son is pushing for a piece of the pie. michael: i think 7% to 10% would be more than fair. lemonis: but his cavalier attitude isn't helping his case. michael: who cares about a $10,000 up-front cost? lemonis: i think we all kind of care about the $10,000. and now a family feud is brewing in the business. richard: what's important to me is the most important thing. michael: you're not making any sense. you're making stories up!

mr. green tea, a second-generation, family-run ice cream business that has hit a wall. >> we physically cannotrs. >> the fiery dynamic between the father and son is hurting any chance of growth. >> you are strangling the business. >> back up. you're crossing the line between father and boss. >> if i can't fix their relationship and business, this company will be swallowed by a competitor. my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. this business will never function well under the "green tea" name. i make tough decisions... >> it was a mistake. >> this is never gonna happen again. and back them up with my own

mrs. hart's drink shows. a it's green tea with peach syrup.the freedom to drink that stuff. trish? >> trish: a good point, jonathan. wow, one sophisticated drink for you. good to have you here. pennsylvania republican scott perry is postponing his town hall meeting tomorrow. he cites security concerns after gop lawmakers were fired upon during baseball practice this week. smart move or too cautious? do you think he's right to be concerned right now? given all that has happened? you just keep moving on business as usual? >> no, you don't move on business as usual. nothing has changed. what has been happening as this hate mongering and the politics of personal destruction that is going on, the democrats whole political strategy is called resistance. that in itself defines for you where they're taking this. all the attacks that are coming against trump, against conservatives are coming as a political strategy. it's turned into action. the kids tearing down the buildings and hurting people in berkeley and on other campuses around. the black lives