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Maggiano's president Steve Provost explains how health-care costs are impacting business and the restaurant’s new initiatives.
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We'll see how does this president of one or darden's chief rivals -- -- as -- -- has 42 locations in 22 states and see that -- You know the company this -- -- so much talk about health -- now we're seeing this move by Darden murmur as a lot of companies restaurant chains are an experiment with this is that something you're trying.
Well we haven't figured out what we're going to do were small you know restaurant 44 restaurants were owned by Brinker International we haven't figured out what we're going to do -- -- I'll tell -- If you own one restaurant review -- forty -- you own 101000.
He care tremendously about your people are busters are food servers are cooks are some of the hardest working people in America.
And I want to provide benefits to them.
Many of these people are one curve ball away from challenge in life and that being said this legislation is incredibly expensive and as a business we have to cover.
Those -- -- your employees right now are part time I would send up a big piece of of the company is because your your services draster.
And most restaurants in our boat but one out of ten Americans work in the restaurant business so this isn't an insignificant question how restaurants are gonna.
Can't handle our big thing is.
We hope the government will really work with the restaurant sector and private industry -- -- responsible way because you don't wanna end -- inadvertently hurting the very people were trying to help.
-- talk about some of the jury decision to an amendment of I have gone -- click here because you know there is talk already now coming out of Washington.
We're gonna have to add extra legislation big if what -- McDonald's second guess start -- everybody is yet at this idea -- of shifting to part time workers so.
There -- -- legislation coming yes.
Yes so -- yeah I know I -- Nokia I don't know how you.
How to legislate.
You know we'll see you watching those when your business you just have to adapt but trying keep your people first in your -- for -- -- full disclosure and at a much got a three weeks ago at the Casone channel that knowingly and other one the other prison for and they there can process.
But what are the things that you -- doing this in a big big hit for you is he going order a classic pasta you get an extra possibly go home -- far.
-- here's what happened four years ago in the economy trash like every business we are petrified.
And our heritage is always been one of generosity since the first -- Yahoo! is open in Chicago it's always been the place she never go home Hungary and so we've.
I like formalize -- -- we Citi if you order a classic one and nine classic recipes.
Lasagna ravioli or big -- the chef will prepare another -- -- -- to take only -- the crazy thing wasn't on promotion we've -- make it permanent.
One Smart Alec guest says this thing expires when idea who -- didn't it that way and if we have a huge advantage we don't spend a lot of money on fancy TV commercials.
We spend our chefs in our kitchens so the you'll tell somebody like you just did it right it is work for us.
Guests have repaid our generosity -- their generosity and that's why this month.
Well I think you mentioned that your -- everything -- -- is updated 826% over the last year 53% and I you're going to be expanding EA is about as well says really great to have you on the show on thank you for for coming up to New York thank you can probably Italian -- -- -- -- -- that's it.
