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 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. Milwaukee has some of the best food and drink in the country. Something i know well because i went to college there. Thats me when i had hair. And one of the newer local favorites is the soup market. Stephanie hi, honey. How are you . Lemonis a quickservice chain started in 2004 by chef dave jurena and his business partner. Dave anything else for you, sir . Lemonis dave did the cooking while his partner ran the business. Woman thats good. Lemonis and before long, the soup market had expanded to five locations, with plans for many more. Then daves partner and coowner died suddenly, leaving him struggling to run the compa
Lemonis . Try some new approaches. Travis, allison, pete, and myself, well be partners in this business. And make some painful decisions. You want me to work a deal out with the landlord so it lets parlour off the hook . Paul yeah. Lemonis great. No. Because if i dont, both farrells and my money will be gone. Forever. 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. Everything is going to change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This is the profit. Last year, i visited farrells ice cream parlour. Hi. A oncethriving National Chain that closed its doors in the 90s. This place is awesome. And was reopened in 2010 by mike fleming and paul kramer. This is really what you guys are known for, giant ice cream sundaes. Paul it is. Lemonis the new owners wasted no time
Jimmy thank you very much. Wow thank you very much, everybody [ cheers and applause thank you very much, everybody give it up for the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause please have a seat welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show everybody guys, it is the weekend and this sunday is the indianapolis 500. So between Memorial Day Travel and the indy 500, its a great time for people who love being stuck in the car [ laughter and applause thats right, its memorial day weekend. And i read that veterans and Service Members can get discounts at Outback Steakhouse [ light laughter ] cause nothing says thank you for putting your life on the line like 10 off a bloomin onion. [ laughter and applause this isnt good. The department of agriculture just recalled over 60,000 pounds of raw beef, due to concerns about ecoli anyway, enjoy those memorial day bbqs, everybody [ laughter and applause have a great one lets get to some news here. Today, President Trump left for a
Were closing the store, were done, im not talking about it anymore. I back them up, spending my own money. Its not always pretty. Man perfect flavor. Lemonis . But this is business. You got to trust the process. I do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. Thanks for your business. This is the profit. Fairfield, connecticut, is a pretty new england town right on the coast of the long island sound, and swansons fish market is one of fairfields local institutions. For over 40 years, theyve been selling fresh fish, hot soups, and doing a little catering and, along the way, got their fair share of critical acclaim. Gary okay, youre getting the works today. Lemonis gary swanson jr. Took the market over from his dad and worked alongside his wife, sue, and they made a comfortable life for his family. But on july 4, 2009, a fire destroyed his original store. [ siren wails ] dispatcher code 6. Gary completely devastated. Lemonis not only did the family lose income for an entire year, but th
Theyre a band of boys from south korea. Theyre very popular. Some people have been camping out for five days, which is sad, really, more than anything. Its because they showed up last night, theyd still be in the front row. Theres no need, but anyway, monsta x is a super popular group. The names, im sorry if i mispronounce. Show hh the larrys not one of the guys. One of the things about this band, they wear a lot of makeup. We thought it would be fun to ask the guys to do an monsta x extreme makeover on a member of our staff. So we picked a member randomly of our staff. And they gathered around, and wow, wait until you see how quickly they did this. Its almost some kind of tv magic. Now here he is. Come on in, guillermo, lets see how you look. [cheers and applause] jimmy you look fantastic. [cheers and applause] jimmy you look like a female, you remember when bugs bunny would dress as a woman . Yeah. Jimmy and elmer fudd would try to have sex with him . Thats you. My god. Jimmy speakin