COVID-19 pandemic

“I actually think one of the greatest things that will come out of this is, I think a lot more people will have confidence in the kitchen and feel like they can Take care of themselves”

“We've always thought that mental health kind of, they, they're inextricably linked, but I think the situation has accelerated that conversation way, way quicker than it would have otherwise”

“First of all, everybody in the company participated in a salary reduction of some form or another.”

“First thing is we had over, we had customers cancel over one billion dollars of reservations.”

“Laundry on the other side has remained pretty stable. And we have a subscription laundry service as well, which has actually been growing a little bit during the pandemic.”

“We're better off than most because a lot of our, the business model is built on, is on, on contractual relationships and licenses. So there's some level of assured income.”

“And still today, 10 months into this thing, like, 15 to sixteen million kids still do not have access to learning, and that is one of the biggest injustices.”

“So I was the first, basically the first movie in the world that started casting during the pandemic, so everyone in the world was auditioning for me by Zoom, and at that moment, it was still very odd that you would be in your bedroom or your living room.”

“The impact of the pandemic was more And I don't say this lightly. It was more than the impact of nine 11 and the financial crisis of 2007 and eight put together. It was more than that put together. The travel industry came to a screeching halt. And sales dropp…”

“Your sales fell initially about 40% in, in that year.”

“What really happened was that sales dropped by 85% in April, and then over the summer, they settled it around 50% down to the prior year, as we saw people figured out how to have parties that were outdoor parties, or drive-by parties, or virtual parties. So, s…”

“So our inbound, we were getting 16,000 inquiries a day.”

“And we signed over the course of 2020 and 21, 40 leases over the next For the, for stores that would open over the next three years.”