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Lopez loco chips

posted 8 years ago by falconefans
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This episode seemed totally off to me.

Ususally the show's formula is that Marcus takes on a struggling small business and finds a way to turn it around, making a profit off it and saving the few jobs.

But in this case it felt like he went in there with no intention of saving the business and the jobs of the factory workers but rather to start a new brand with his friend George Lopez and they took the tortilla guy on to run the brand marketing.

What happened to those people who worked in the tortilla factory once manufacturing was outsourced? And did they at least get their back pay they were owed?

I didn't care for this episode at all.

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[–] misterbfd 8 years ago

There was nothing "felt like" about it. That's exactly what happened. Marcus went in without any interest in the restaurant, he found out the tortilla factory wasn't making any money, he made the guy close the factory and lay off all the workers (he split up $50k between all of the workers in the factory for severance) and he left the loan to the sister unresolved, other than "sell your equipment to pay it off" (even though the guy had almost nothing in the way of equipment to sell, since the landlord took all the good, working equipment when he got evicted from the factory space.

So it is exactly what was presented. And it as a thinly-veiled way to get his buddy George Lopez involved in a business venture. I wouldn't be surprised if Lopez himself didn't approach Marcus and say: "Hey, I'd like to start my own chips and salsa business..."

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[–] duckyslattery 8 years ago

You shouldn't be surprised because Marcus said on the show that George Lopez contacted him about the taco business. He mentioned it numerous times.

[–] duckyslattery 8 years ago

Maybe Marcus felt like the taco man wasn't capable of running a business given how poorly he was running the existing business. He helped build a factory for Mr. Green Tea because that family had an idea what they were doing. Perhaps Marcus feels like he never gets a good return on his investment when he spends half a million dollars to build a factory, especially for a person who may not know how to properly run a factory.

Marketing was not the guy's best quality so it didn't look good when Marcus asked him for ideas for new products. That may have surprised Marcus.

Many of the businesses Marcus in invests in the original owners become the face of the company and the on-site manager because they give up all executive authority because Marcus is 100% in charge. He also seems to like outsourcing and licensing, not leaving businesses in the hands of people he doesn't trust.