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lemonis: standard burger, come on down! ...i'm back to check on the progress at standard burger... how you doing, sir? good to see you. joe t.: good, brother. you, too. lemonis: so far, i've invested over $400,000 in this quick-service restaurant to make it a model for a national franchise. but what i've put in place has gone off the rails. sammy: bad burgers, bad fries, bad customer service... for the last 90 days, it's been [bleep] lemonis: and the partners are too busy fighting to fix it. joe t.: i'm the guy that's here every day... sammy: right, what's your problem? joe t.: ...and you're the guy that shows up once a month, that's what it is. that's the problem. lemonis: we have a big opportunity to grow this business. we have a franchisee scheduled to come here, but it looks like chaos to me. but if these guys can't grow up... sammy: i laid out all the kitchen equipment, designed the entire space -- joe t.: i know. if it wasn't for you, we'd all be up the [bleep] creek without a paddle. lemonis: i may have to cut my losses. i've had enough. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk
lemonis: standard burger, come on down! ...i'm back to check on the progress at standard burger... how you doing, sir? good to see you. joe t.: good, brother. you, too. lemonis: so far, i've invested over $400,000 in this quick-service restaurant to make it a model for a national franchise. but what i've put in place has gone off the rails. sammy: bad burgers, bad fries, bad customer service... for the last 90 days, it's been [bleep] lemonis: and the partners are too busy fighting to fix it....
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boy: i had the standard burger. lemonis: you had the standard burger? lly changed the menu to not only five signature burgers, but we built an entire business model off of potatoes. throw an order of yucca in. i want to try it. and whether that's different types of fries, like regular fries, sweet potato fries, or yucca, we added all those things. lemonis: check it out. come on, guys. it came out beautiful. pick your potato, pick your toppings, -oven, go. -sammy: simple. yeah. lemonis: and in addition to that, we built a very high-margin, very popular baked-potato bar. it gives people the chance to buy a baked potato or a sweet potato stuffed with all their favorite toppings. we've also added an ice cream bar. not only is there scoops of ice cream, but what we have now is a cake shake. it is so good. it costs us about $1.78 to build the shake, including all the products that can go in there. we sell that shake for $5. so, we know the margins are spectacular. -woman: ah! -lemonis: you guys are the only ones with red velvet ice cream on the island. lemonis
boy: i had the standard burger. lemonis: you had the standard burger? lly changed the menu to not only five signature burgers, but we built an entire business model off of potatoes. throw an order of yucca in. i want to try it. and whether that's different types of fries, like regular fries, sweet potato fries, or yucca, we added all those things. lemonis: check it out. come on, guys. it came out beautiful. pick your potato, pick your toppings, -oven, go. -sammy: simple. yeah. lemonis: and in...
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remember standard burger?hat's more important to me is that i feel like we've taken a group of hardworking individuals and made them a kick-ass team. keith: one, two, three. all: team, family, pride! keith: hey, there you go. all right. ♪ >>> good morning. under pressure. the g-20 drops its pledge to support free trade as finance chiefs of the world fail to find common ground. >>> three more leave the ride sharing firm. >>> and duke is out after a surprise loss to south carolina. we'll bring you all of the highlights from this weekend's thrilling wins and upsets. "world wide exchange" begins right now. ♪ so live your life hey hey hey you're steady getting
remember standard burger?hat's more important to me is that i feel like we've taken a group of hardworking individuals and made them a kick-ass team. keith: one, two, three. all: team, family, pride! keith: hey, there you go. all right. ♪ >>> good morning. under pressure. the g-20 drops its pledge to support free trade as finance chiefs of the world fail to find common ground. >>> three more leave the ride sharing firm. >>> and duke is out after a surprise loss to...
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standards saying it would harm consumers. >>> if you're in walnut creek and you love hamburgers, your mouth may start to water. the bay area news group reports about a plan to build an nn out burgere and management main street. n in out says it is still in the early development stages. if approved, it would typically take four to five months to build the new restaurant. it would be part of a new development that includes a new starbucks. >>> meanwhile new research is connecting certain foods to to early death. not eating enough healthy food could be link to hearts, strokes and diabetes. some of the good foods that we're missing out on include nuts and seeds, seafood and fruits and vegetables. meanwhile food that's we're overeating include processed meat such as bacon, soda, and sugary drinks and red meat. the study concluded that too much salt was the biggest problem here leading to an early death. i thought salt would be as easy as removing the salt shaker from the table. it is in a lot of the processed foods already. so the sprinkle we give at the dinner table is not the problem. it is what is in there to begin with. >> i know i'm trying to do better and sal is trying to do bet
standards saying it would harm consumers. >>> if you're in walnut creek and you love hamburgers, your mouth may start to water. the bay area news group reports about a plan to build an nn out burgere and management main street. n in out says it is still in the early development stages. if approved, it would typically take four to five months to build the new restaurant. it would be part of a new development that includes a new starbucks. >>> meanwhile new research is...