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Winery Shop switching companies

October 01, 2015 12:08AM
Heads up.....a certain wine shop (lots here in the Midwest) with a restaurant looks like it switched MSCs....noticed it today....an "incentive" for doing a pizza shop on this other site would get you access to this wine shop/restaurant.

I haven't been on the new MSC's site to see if there are any differences between the two companies (for requirements) but jsuffice to say I am glad they are still there as my mom wants to try one of these restaurants (and we have one that opened up closer to home!)

Silver certified (since 2009) and willing to do shops all around the greater Chicago, NW Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin areas (including airports!.
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October 01, 2015 11:42AM
Can you give a hint as to which company has these without committing a violation? There is one near me I would love to do.
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October 01, 2015 12:04PM
You haven't mentioned the winery name nor the msc. Can you tell us the winery name? There are several in the Midwest that are shopped. Thank you.
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October 01, 2015 01:03PM
I like the old msc, hope they pick up another client. ... I do another shop for them on a regular basis, actually two. ... and really like them.
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October 01, 2015 01:15PM
Cooper Hawk is the winery....

Silver certified (since 2009) and willing to do shops all around the greater Chicago, NW Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin areas (including airports!.
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October 01, 2015 08:45PM
I did one of those shops earlier this year and really enjoyed it. However, for the past few months the only postings I've seen for the past few months were for age compliance. I wonder if they had stopped the other variations as they were getting ready to transition?

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October 01, 2015 08:49PM
I'm glad you said something about this, as I am going to visit family in the Midwest this month and was wondering why these shops were not posted on the old MSC's board or on Presto. I thought maybe they were running behind or something. Good to know! Now to track down the new MSC... I absolutely love CH!

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October 01, 2015 09:00PM
When I checked a bit closer last night, I didn't see any of these shops on the new site.

Hopefully they will have all kinds of shops....my coworkers love going to CH and they are in their wine club....

Silver certified (since 2009) and willing to do shops all around the greater Chicago, NW Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin areas (including airports!.
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October 01, 2015 09:04PM
I love Coopers Hawk. Their raspberry wine....heaven.
I wonder if the reports will be shorter. I do love their food.
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October 01, 2015 10:19PM
@DareWright wrote:

I love Coopers Hawk. Their raspberry wine....heaven.
I wonder if the reports will be shorter. I do love their food.

The raspberry is very good. My favorite is the plum wine, though. Their food is definitely awesome too.

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October 07, 2015 02:25AM
Wish you would have name the MSC instead of the client. Originally I saw the age compliance shops with a fee. It was disappointing to see the others had no fee, reimbursement only. I passed at that point.

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October 09, 2015 04:21AM
I will say that I am disappointed that Cooper's Hawk moved to the new company. I just completed a carryout shop for the previous company last month. $50 reimbursement. Now with the new company, the reimbursement is $45. The dining reimbursement level went from $125 to $95. So basically you are doing the same work for an inferior experience since there is no shop fee. The format of the report is different but it will end up being the same amount of work I believe. In addition, the new company is very explicit about cell phone use (even to take notes) during the shop. I am sorry but if you do not want me to look at my phone to take notes then don't ask for so many timings. I like to think I am very skilled at being discreet. For me, it is not worth it. I don't believe I will be picking up any of these in the near future...
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October 17, 2015 04:00AM
It's 2015. Are there really MSCs forbidding use of our phones? Just a few short years ago using a cell phone may have looked out of place. Now if you do not pick up your smart phone several dozen times it looks out of place.

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