Will go to the dogs. Chicago, illinois, is home to bentleys corner barkery, a natural petsupply store started by lisa and Giovanni Senafe in 2008. Lisa how many do they need . Just one . Giovanni never a dull day at the barkery, at least for now. Lemonis after losing a pet to illness and convinced it was related to diet, lisa was inspired to open a store and carry food made with healthy ingredients. The concept caught on, and sales surged, and within a few short years, lisa and giovanni expanded aggressively too aggressively. With seven stores open, over half of them are losing money. I love the concept of Healthy Products for pets, and the petsupply industry generates over 16 billion a year. With the right process in place, i feel confident we can fix this broken chain. Im headed to bentleys corner barkery in the Arlington Heights neighborhood, a suburb of chicago. This is the flagship store, and im eager to see the model they have in place. Vic how you doing . Lemonis how are you . I
New york city, huh . Jimmy new york city. [ glass breaking ] [ record scratch ] all new york city jimmy yeah im doing a show here at u. T. Austin. You guys should come what you think just cause im from new york, i cant hang in texas . I did my research. I watched friday night lights. [ light laughter ] ate at a restaurant called texas barbecue in manhattan [ light laughter ] its pretty good texas is more than just a word on a shirt that i bought at the airport 20 minutes ago [ light laughter ] its me. Its us. We are texas i am texas [ cheers ] and im gonna prove it to you. [ knocking ] well life here in austi is kinda laid back got drunk on dirty sixth before i even unpacked lets drink another bee before we head bac thank go im a country boy well texas kind of life got a real kind of charm met a dude named bev on a longhorn farm bled burnt orange whe he poked me in the arm thank go im a country boy jimmy cmon [ cheers and applause give me brisket and rib and a side of fried pickle suck
And drop his las vegas show facade. Vinny how we doing, guys . Im the coconut man. Ukulele and the hat and the coat and the beads. Hey, its not just some schtick. Lemonis are you aware that some people see it as that . Im marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. Im not gonna write a check for somebody that doesnt have their act together. Its not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. Do we have a deal . Vinny we have a deal. Lemonis lets rock and roll. Man yeah lemonis this is the profit. Vinny fresh coconut we got fresh coconuts right here lemonis in 2016, Vinny Zaldivar launched cocotaps, pioneering a new way to get the juice out of a coconut. Its extremely popular with the las vegas vacation crowd, including me. Vinny open it. Drink it. Its really good for you. Lemonis but i want to see if this is a product that will appeal to the mass market. The coconutwater craze is huge, and if i can tap into this, well, i can make a ton of money.
Lemonis if i cant convince her to trust my process, Monica Potter home may be at risk of closing forever. Monica i just i cant do it. Lemonis sit tight for a second. Monica ii cant do any more. Lemonis my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the profit. You might recognize Monica Potter from nbcs longrunning series parenthood. But when shes not making movies or tv, shes making products like skincare, room sprays, and candles and selling them through her company, Monica Potter home. Monica the best part about the whole company is we are bringing jobs back home. Lemonis a cleveland native, monica opened her first retail store in nearby garrettsville in 2014, employing her sis
In an unusually unified move, agencies have issued a warning about Malicious Foreign actors. For that, i think they mean the hemsworths. No, the leaders of the dod and more are warning us that other countries are working to influence our election. Basically, theyre warning us that other countries are trying to do the same thing our president just did is basically whats happening, but most of the malicious activity comes on social media. People believe what they read. So they put whatever up there. Cnn had a panel up there today. They had female voters in pennsylvania. If you wonder how people believe this, this will tell you all you need to know. Are you comfortable with asking a foreign entity with help with dirt on a political opponent. Nobody is comfortable with that. You are comfortable, crystal. Hes president of the united states. He should be allowed to ask for military information well, this is political information. Well, even political information. Didnt every other president