Five Guys Reimbursement Question

I don't eat at Five Guys on my own dime, but I was thinking about picking up a shop. It seems, though, that the reimbursement won't cover a burger, fries and drink. Is that true? Also, can anyone tell me if that is the order requirement. Thank you.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/13/2016 04:20PM by TeriW.

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It depends on where you are and what you order. In my market the two patty burgers, little fries and regular drink goes over reimbursement but a single patty burger, little fries and regular drink are covered. You have options about what your sandwich will be and the size fries and size drink ordered, so yes, I suspect in any market you could stay under reimbursement. The kosher hot dog, for example, is about half the price of the two patty cheeseburger.

Depends on your area and what you order. For a little burger, fries, and the drink I paid $10.10 last year when I lived in NH. Here in NW Florida, it comes to just under the reimbursement. I got a little bacon cheeseburger last week and it came to 13.52 for my whole order. The shop was highly bonused though

Thanks. I looked online and the basic burger, smallest fries and drink comes to more than $2 over the reimbursement. I think I'll pass unless I can get a decent bonus.

So, I could order the veggie burger? That would be cheaper and tastier, I think.

@TeriW wrote:

So, I could order the veggie burger? That would be cheaper and tastier, I think.

Yes.

Awesome! Thank you both for the help.

I get the BLT with little fries and a drink and mine is always fully covered.

I get a little cheeseburger (one patty), little fries and a regular or large soda. Even with the large soda, I'm just under the reimbursement amount in my area.
You can check online before you take or conduct the shop by pretending that you're going to order online. Pick your items and it will put them in your cart and add tax for the final amount. Then you can experiment (i.e. can I get the large fries instead of a large drink with the veggie burger and still be under the reimbursement?, etc) I like to maximize the reimbursement on these shops since they're infrequently bonused in my area.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/13/2016 04:58PM by CaliGirl925.

You can always go to the menu in the Internet. I always order the same thing....little cheeseburger, small fries and regular drink which comes to between $10 - $11. I have never had a veggie burger there or a milk shake.

Thanks everybody. I had looked at the online ordering, but not being familiar with the place, I didn't realize that a little burger is not a kid's burger. I thought I wouldn't be able to order that. You guys (all five of you) are the best.

I love Five Guys' food, and am taking a shop at the end of the month (first one I've done) and taking the family with me. Using the reimbursement and fee simply as a discount off something we'd like to do anyway!

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Hi nhgirl, I grew up in Destin

@nhgirl1970 wrote:

Depends on your area and what you order. For a little burger, fries, and the drink I paid $10.10 last year when I lived in NH. Here in NW Florida, it comes to just under the reimbursement. I got a little bacon cheeseburger last week and it came to 13.52 for my whole order. The shop was highly bonused though

@BirdyC wrote:

I love Five Guys' food, and am taking a shop at the end of the month (first one I've done) and taking the family with me. Using the reimbursement and fee simply as a discount off something we'd like to do anyway!

We systematically do them as a 'dinner for two'. The order is a burger, a kosher dog, little fries, regular soda and cup for water. We then split the burger and dog, one gets the soda while the other has water and even little fries has leftovers for the two of us. It still comes out to less than the total of fee + reimbursement, just cuts back on 'profitability'.

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