lemonis: it's been about two weeks since i tasked ana and steve with the simple greek project. see what the two of them have come up with. i wanted you to meet sam lundy. he oversees simple greek concept. the simple greek job is more significant than i think they realize. each location would buy about $20,000 worth of furniture. there are about 250 franchises already signed up. that would equal about $5 million in business. by the way, that's more than pacific and grafton do combined in a year. i want to get the job right, i want to get the presentation right, and i want to win the business. you want to take him through your presentation first? steve: basically, i thought of the simple greek concept, simple and greek. so i elected to do a blue and white and butcher block. small-scale, comfortable. i also did an all-wood, bent plywood, very durable. i have a banquette, so i did the detailed piping. and for value engineering, we could eliminate this component and put this back right on the wall. so this comes undone, it's on a cleat. sam: you know what i've found a lot, steve, is

over completely, and we created a fast-casual, quick-service concept, and i changed the name to the simple greekave a pita sandwich, another day come and have a rice bowl, another day come and have a salad. and so the goal would be to increase the frequency of visit. for sure. do you guys -- starting to get the idea of what i'm looking for? absolutely. absolutely. lemonis: when the episode aired, we had taken one of the locations, the one in mount lebanon, and we had come up with the skeleton of a concept. lemonis: when i walk in the door, it feels like a different place. mike: i think that this change is gonna be well, well worth it. here's to mr. lemonis, and here's to the simple greek. [ cheers and applause ] andreas: opa! today, there's almost three dozen open with many more coming. my original investment was about $350,000, but to date, it's about $4 million and growing as we continue to expand. and it's well worth it for me financially because the simple greek is doing great. did you find the ordering process to be kind of easier? very nice. but guess what, there's been a lot of heavy lift

the agreement. you correspondent and. asked why so many greeks are angry about this deal very simple for the greeks they refuse to relinquish the name macedonia simply because they believe that it harbors territorial designs on greece's province of macedonia which is in the north and this is a region also which gave birth to greece's most revered ancient warrior alexander the great and they want the government to hold a referendum on what they are saying is a very very important and divisive national issue and given the fact that the government here is teetering on the verge of collapse it is gone effectively into

simple greek yesterday. it's very stark. lemonis: the one that sold 56 franchises in four months? dave: it's very white. -- to me it's a little cold. lemonis: like the soup market, the simple greek was a struggling family-run franchise that also had five stores, each with its own design and systems. we created a uniform look that was customer friendly, and, with all due respect to dave, it was relaxing and inviting. that's how you scale a business. everything that we do, you're not gonna have full control of. you got to get your head around that. dave: [ clears throat ] sure, surprise me. lemonis: okay, perfect. thank you. dave: all right. lemonis: trust. ♪ dave's constant resistance is exhausting. so i'm gonna spend some time with kevin to really dig into these operational issues. where are all the sandwiches at? stephanie: this body's not working good. kevin: that went on the fritz. stephanie: so we just put them in here for now. lemonis: is there any other equipment not working? stephanie: this one right here is, like, old, and we've been having problems with it. we already fixed it, like, three times

the agreement. you correspondent and. asked why so many greeks are angry about this deal very simple for the greeks they refuse to relinquish the name macedonia simply because they believe that it harbors territorial designs on greece's province of macedonia which is in the north and this is a region also which gave birth to greece's most revered ancient warrior alexander the great and they want the government to hold a referendum on what they are saying is a very very important and divisive national issue and given the fact that the government here is teetering on the verge of collapse it is gone effectively into a tailspin after its coalition partner resigned last week they believe that the need for a referendum is so much more imminent and definitely needed because of the political developments here. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world residents of the northern irish city of london derry have been evacuated after a suspect suspected car bomb explosion police in the city also known as derry say there are currently no reports of casualties after the blast on saturday night leading politicians

the simple greek started with 5 locations and now has 35. ways looking for the next great fast-casual concept, and drive-through pizza, it could be just that. ray: thank you for choosing simply slices. how can i help you today? lemonis: i'll do tomato, green olives, and jalapeño. ray: perfect. okay, great. well, go ahead and pull around then. lemonis: there's drive-through ice cream. there's drive-through coffee, chicken, hamburgers, but i've never seen drive-through pizza, so it's a different idea. ray: here you are, sir. you have a great day. lemonis: thank you. ray: thank you very much. lemonis: the pizza was good. it was hot. it tasted fresh. the sauce didn't have a lot of oomph to it, but it was good enough where the concept had viability. ♪ ♪ chris: how you doing? lemonis: hey, how are you? chris: pretty good. lemonis: i'm marcus. chris: how's it going? chris. nice to meet you. lemonis: chris, how are you? nice to meet you. dino: what's up, marcus? dino. lemonis: dino, nice to meet you. i saw on the window i'm supposed to call you for f

from both sides clashing all right let's talk about the people who are against this deal why are they so angry about it. well it's very simple for the greeks they refused to relinquish the name macedonia simply because they believe that it harbors territorial designs on greece's province of macedonia which is in the north and this is a region also which gave birth to greece's most revered ancient warrior alexander the great and they want the government to hold a referendum on what they are saying is a very very important and divisive national issue and given the fact that the government here is teetering on the verge of. actively into a tailspin after its coalition partner resigned last week they believe that the need for a referendum is so much more imminent and definitely needed because of the political developments here all right well if they don't get a referendum what it will take for this agreement to go through is that parliament votes to ratify it so with the prime minister to for us teetering. in his position is he likely to to muster the votes he needs. he does in fact officials that i've been speaking to for from the government

the expense of the greek people. in the end, alexis tsipras and his government live to fight another day. 151 votes to 148, simple majorityparliament of the name northern macedonia. that is deeply unpopular with greeks, who feel the name macedonia belongs only to them. and it is also controversial in skopje, where many macedonians turned up to protest, even as their parliament was ratifying the deal with greece last friday. 27 long years after the republic of macedonia declared independence from yugoslavia, the night's vote in the greek parliament brings a solution to the naming dispute, one decisive step closer. that is despite continued opposition in both countries. it goes without saying that africa is a vast continent, so inevitably there are many remote locations, inaccessible by road. so demand is growing for small aircraft that can land and take off in far flung areas. but there are just a few hundred private jets in the whole of the continent. now companies in south africa are trying to change that by making small aircraft more affordable. here's the bbc‘s vumani mkhize in johannesburg. have you ever sat on an aer

the expense of the greek people. in the end, alexis tsipras and his government live to fight another day. 151 votes to 148, a simple majoritye name northern macedonia. that's deeply unpopular with greeks, who feel the name macedonia belongs only to them. and it's also controversial in skopje, where many macedonians turned up to protest, even as their parliament was ratifying the deal with greece last friday. 27 long years after the republic of macedonia declared independence from yugoslavia, tonight's vote in the greek parliament brings a solution to the naming dispute one decisive step closer, despite continued opposition in both countries. nick thorpe, bbc news, athens. now, this is a weird one. a huge ice disc has formed on a river in westbrook, in the us state of maine. the 91 metre disk is slowly rotating and locals have been braving the freezing temperatures to see this spectacle. an ice disc is a natural phenomenon that occurs at bends in rivers, when fast moving water breaks off a chunk of ice and keeps it turning, grinding it against surrounding ice to form a perfect circle. ethan gutmann is a hydrologist with the

the expense of the greek people. in the end, alexis tsipras and his government live to fight another day. 151 votes to 148 — a simple w, he can press ahead with his main challenge — ratification in the greek parliament of the name northern macedonia. that's deeply unpopular with greeks even as their parliament was ratifying the deal with greece last friday. 27 long years after the republic of macedonia declared independence from yugoslavia, tonight's vote in the greek parliament brings a solution to the naming dispute one decisive step closer despite continued opposition in both countries. nick thorpe, bbc news, athens. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. at least 21 people are known to have died in tuesday's siege at a hotel compound in the kenyan capital, nairobi, including a british man and a us citizen. dozens of people are still unaccounted for. president uhuru kenyatta said the siege ended with five jihadist attackers being "eliminated". the somali militant group, al—shabaab, says it was behind the attack. meanwhile, the us vice—president, mike pence, has pledged that the us will remai

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