Well change the recipes. I mean, that would be the last thing id want to do. And i back them up with my own cash. Its not always pretty. Do you want me to get in your face . cause thats your face. But this is business. Ive 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 petes is a candy store located in jacksonville, florida, specializing in chocolates and candy handmade by master chocolatier peter behringer. So you guys like candy . Mmhmm. Petes love of sweets began at the age of 12, when he started making candy for his moms shop peterbrooke chocolatier. I wouldnt 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 financing partner. My whole idea was, find talented people and help support th
This is the profit, my biggest wins and most heartbreaking losses. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings going to change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This. Let go to work. Is the profit. Its hard to believe that ive been doing the profit for several years now. And ive done a lot of deals with a ton of businesses. We have a deal . We got a deal. Partner . I think most people are under the impression that if the deal ends well, then its, like, millions for everybody and its going to be great. Wow. Congratulations, guys. Thanks again. Get your ass to work. It just wasnt true. Im not sure who to be pissed at myself for doing the deal, or you guys for letting this stuff just sit here. In order to understand how i look at wins and losses
I mean, that would be the last thing id want to do. And i back them up with my own cash. Its not always pretty. Do you want me to get in your face . cause thats your face. But this is business. Ive 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 petes is a candy store located in jacksonville, florida, specializing in chocolates and candy handmade by master chocolatier peter behringer. So you guys like candy . Mmhmm. Petes love of sweets began at the age of 12, when he started making candy for his moms shop peterbrooke chocolatier. I wouldnt 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 financing partner. My whole idea was, find talented people and help support them to get a business goin
You dont how to treat people. Andrew oh, yeah, i do. Lemonis no. But today, im a proud partner in over a dozen companies. Stephanie whoo lemonis tonight, im gonna tell you how they do it my best deals, my worst deals. Steve id rather be in more debt than have you running my company. Lemonis this is the profit a progress report. My name is Marcus Lemonis. Change is difficult. And over the last 18 months, ive introduced you to 23 Small Businesses across this country, many of them in pretty bad shape. This is a bad scenario. Woman we dont have the money to pay them. Larissa just everything all the bills and everything thats just been piling up. Its just so much. Lemonis thats fine. And i fix failing businesses. Its been an interesting journey. Well, this looks a lot better in here. A tough one. I took you at your word gary bull[bleep] lemonis cause when each episode ends, my work is just beginning. There you go. To date, ive invested almost 20 million of my own money to help these Small B
Well change the recipes. I mean, that would be the last thing id want to do. And i back them up with my own cash. Its not always pretty. Do you want me to get in your face . cause thats your face. But this is business. Ive 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 petes is a candy store located in jacksonville, florida, specializing in chocolates and candy handmade by master chocolatier peter behringer. So you guys like candy . Mmhmm. Petes love of sweets began at the age of 12, when he started making candy for his moms shop peterbrooke chocolatier. I wouldnt 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 financing partner. My whole idea was, find talented people and help support th