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At least the worth of -- worst of the hikes could be tipping now, do you see that? do you think things potentially have stable the eyesed? >> you know, neil, my daughter's getting her mba at nyu, and an economics professor said how long will this inflation go, and they said, look, just us at our family business, we had to raise our starting rates $2-3 an hour. that's not going away. i can't go back to my team members and say i'm reducing your pay now. that's baked in, it's not going away. i saw amazon or something this morning's -- not amazon, apple's offering $22 an hour right now. you know, ...

Second piece of pumpkin pie at thanksgiving. [laughter] >> oh just watch, just watch. stew, great seeing you and good health to you, stew leonard. and half full glass, you know realize we'll get through this, we've gotten through worse. we have a lot more coming up, including the push for vaccine boosters right now and the f.d.a. and c.d.c. recommending for all. and businesses saying you know what, if you want to cruise with us next year make sure that you're vaccinated and that your kid is, too. after this. and twice as merry. buy online and pick up in store today. up to one million dollars. ...

Should panic, but prices have jumped up a little bit. now-- >> what do you recommend, stew, when that happens and the turkey has to be the centerpiece still and how do you guide them and how do your customers find a way around them? >> you know, neil, first thing i'd say, make it yourself. okay? i'm showing you a dinner that we have at stew's that was $175 for eight people right here, and we've seen this, like 300 plus percent jump, over triple because people are going to larger gatherings. our dinners for four are down 50% so you're seeing larger gatherings, but you can get something like thi...

Had an of is definitely inflation, we've had to raise our labor rates at stew leonard. we're at $16 an hour now. i can't absorb that forever, but i think the other half of the cost increase you're seeing is disruptions in the supply chain. you know, it's really hard to get product right now. and i think one thing people should look for, if you have 20 items for thanksgiving that you're planning on getting, you may not find a couple of them on the shelf. here at stew leonard i'll make sure you have 20, we'll find something else, like paper, bounty towels, something, i know that costco is limiti...