I finally conducted my first Fatburger shop yesterday. I've never been there before. I cannot say I was impressed. But when I did the first few Five Guys, I thought they were terrible too. So, I'm doing another Fatburger in a couple of weeks to see if they grow on me the same way.
Some of you may have noticed the compare and contrast burger joint shops one of the MSCs has out now. It pays a whole $5 plus reimbursement. The ones closest to me are Jack-in-the-Box/McDonalds and Jack-in-the-Box/Wendy's. I could handle the latter but the first one for me would be the burger shop from hell. I can't imagine a worse way to make five bucks.
As I was thinking about all of the above, I realized just how many burger joints I have evaluated as a mystery shopper (considering I will rarely go buy a hamburger on my own). I thought I would rank them from my perspective with my favorites on top and my "must be highly bonuesed" on the bottom.
1. Tommy's (Regional)
2. In-n-Out (Regional)
3. Five Guys
4. Fatburger (At this point only because of freshness and quality but not taste)
5. Farmer Boys
6. Wendy's
7. Carl's Jr. (The original six dollar burger on a fresh baked bun shops only. Otherwise, YUK!)
8. Burger King
9. Dairy Queen
10. McDonald's
11. Jack in the Box
I did not include any sit down restuarants where you can order a burger such as Red Robin, BJ's, Denny's or IHop. I also didn't include Sonic because I always order a Chicago Dog and I've never had one of their burgers.
These are all that I can think of that I've shopped. How about you?
Don't even get me started on the disgusting fries and tacos we are asked to eat at some of these places and others!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/26/2014 10:47PM by whiterosie.