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CHERYL: PANDEMIC A TOLL ON
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY FROM
LOCKDOWN TO SAY SUPPLY AND
LABOR SHORTAGES AMID SURGING
PRICES WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AT
GROCERY STORE IS MAKING ITS
WAY TO DINING OUT, IN NOVEMBER
RESTAURANT PRICES JUMPED 5.8%
COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO JOINING
ME ADRIÁN, A "CELEBRITY CHEF"
RESTAURATEUR, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT
IMPRESSIVE ABOUT YOU DARK NEWS
YOU HAVE BEEN EXPANDING THAT
IS AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU, CHERYL, I MEAN I
AM SINCERELY BLESSED TO EXPAND
CHALLENGES ARE THERE
INFLATION, I MEAN YOU SEE IN
GROCERY STORE AND RIGHT DOWN,
STAFFING ISSUES TRIPLE DOWN TO
I DON’T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW
WHEN WE GET DELIVERS WE PAY
EXTRA, HIGHER GAS PRICES CRAZY
TALKING ABOUT EFFECT SO, ALL
THESE COSTS ONLY SO MUCH
RESTAURANTS CAN TAKE.
CHERYL: I HAVE FRIENDS IN
RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK I HEAR
YOU ALSO A LEISURE SHORTAGE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY DOWN
750,000 JOBS FROM BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, I MEAN HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THAT, EMPLOYEES?
DEALING WITH THAT, EMPLOYEES?
>> THANKFULLY OUR ATTRACTS
PEOPLE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT
THEY ARE DOING, SO, WHAT WE
HAVE NOW ARE PEOPLE THAT
REALLY LOVE THE RESTAURANT,
BEFORE YOU HAD PEOPLE NEEDED
JOBS, THAT WAS -- YOU KNOW BUT
PEOPLE THAT TRULY LOVE IT.
.
CHERYL: IN MIAMI, NO VACCINE
MANDATES THERE NEW YORK PUT IN
MACE HOW DO YOU THINK POLICIES
AFFECT HOW HAS ITS EFFECTED
YOU NOT HAVING A VACCINE
MANDATE HOW DO YOU THINK IT IS
AFFECTING THOSE OF US HERE.
>> PERSONALLY, I, SAFETY
FIRST, BUT OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS
A PERSONAL CHOICE.
I YOU KNOW, I -- THE FREEDOM
HAVE TO CHOOSE HOWEVER I
BELIEVE MY STAFF SAFETY FIRST,
GUESTS AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS
SAFE.
CHERYL: I HEAR YOU.
SO I WANT TO BRING IN IN STEVE
FORBES OBVIOUSLY, THIS HAS
BEEN A BIG BUSINESS STORY FOR
SO MANY PEOPLE.
STEVE GO AHEAD.
STEVE: IN TERMS OF THE COUPLE
THINGS ONE IS CUSTOMERS.
AFTER THIS COVID FORCED LOCK
DOWNER YOU SAW TIPPING IN
RESTAURANTS PEOPLE WANTING TO
HELP THEM OUT.
DO YOU FIND THAT IN FLORIDA IS
THAT JUST A REGIONAL THING?
>> O THANKS I TELL YOU OUR
GUESTS ARE GENEROUS RISEN TO
OCCASION KNOW A SERVICE
INDUSTRY HELPED OUT, SO I
THINK THAT, OUR SERVERS ARE
VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
CHERYL: IP BEEN TIPPING LIKE
A ROCKSTAR SINCE BEGINNING I
WAS BEFORE I TELL YOU GIVE --
THESE GUYS WORK SO HARD GUYS
GALS IN THE INDUSTRY.
>> JUMP IN HERE.
>> I AM CURIOUS, AS FAR
AGENCY, WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,
I WILL SHARE A STORY I WAS IN
NANTUCKET, AROUND LABOR DAY I
GOT SCOLDED BY THE HOST OF A
RESTAURANT BECAUSE I WALKED
UP, UP TO OUTDOOR RESTAURANT
WITH MY FAMILY SAID HEY WHY
DON’T YOU HAVE YOUR MASK ON,
NICEST WAYET I SAID OUT DOOSH
RESTAURANT I THOUGHT OKAY SHE
SAID NO WEAR MASK UNTIL SEATED
THEN TAKE IT OFF.
>> I GO HOW DOES THAT MAKE
SENSE I CAN TALK WHILE EATING
BUT I HAVE TO WALK TO TABLE
WHEN NOT TALKING WITH MASK ON
CRAZY, SO, DO YOU SEE PEOPLE,
MOSTLY SHOWING UP WITH MASKS
ON THEN TAKING THEM OFF WHEN
THEY SIT DOWN?
OR IS IT MIAMI AND FLORIDA AND
PEOPLE ARE JUST REVISING THIS
IS INDOOR CONTAGION NOT
OUTDOOR ONE NECESSARILY.
>> I AGREE WITH LATTER, IN
MIAMI RIGHT NOW NO MASK
POLICY, WE ACTUALLY URGE
SAFETY FIRST.
AND I DO WE TRAIN OUR STAFF
ABSOLUTELY TO SAY EVERYTHING
KINDNESS.
>> HAVE NO WAY MEMBERS ARE
GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE TO
SOMEONE ABOUT WEARING MASK
THEY ARE GOING TO BE KIND
ABOUT IT.
>> NOT ISSUES LIKE NEW YORK,
OBVIOUSLY, FIGHTS ATTACKS ON
SERVERS HOSTESSES WE HAVE SEEN
THAT HERE.
HAS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU
THERE.
>> NOT YET I BELIEVE IN VERY
BEGINNING WHEN THERE WAS A
MASK MANDATE, SOME WEREN’T
ACCEPTING IT I THINK ONE IN
THE BEGINNING, WE ARE THANKFUL
THAT MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.