@isaiah58 wrote:
The bacon at many fast or casual food places tends to be overcooked. Jersey Mike's, Checkers, even at Roy Rogers. It is probably because it is cooked in mass and has to sit all day. Better than being rubbery and soggy?!?
@SoCalDude wrote:
My gripe now with 5G is they just raised their prices. AGAIN! Now if you want Fries/Small Drink and a Little C-burger it is $14.41 and we only get reimbursed $12.75 for it. For the same price I can go to In-N-Out and get TWO Medium Drinks, TWO Fries and TWO C-burgers. 5G is good but not 2x as good as I-N-O. I have no idea how a family of 4 can visit there knowing what they will be spending! When the economy starts to slow down soon 5G is gonna be in a lot of trouble.
@Tarantado wrote:
Ask for a bonus using that as leverage, and bring your own cheese while ordering a Little Hamburger instead to stay close or within the reimbursement limit.
@kenasch wrote:
I once posted that I brought my own sauerkraut to enjoy with my Five Guys Hot Dog since they don't offer sauerkraut. I was heavily criticized in this forum for doing so as it might somehow influence my shop and the results. Perhaps the video would catch me doing this? My shop was accepted and there was never any feedback to indicate there was a problem. I can't eat a hot dog without sauerkraut, must be a New York thing! I just started Shake Shack shops and they also do not offer sauerkraut. Oy Veh!
The 5G price increase means the minimum reimbursement for the minimum order is about a dollar short. Also, the shake reimbursement is about 50 cents short (when tax is included.) The MSC will need to address that with the client. Meanwhile, we all need to ask for a bonus of at least $2 to cover the price increases.@SoCalDude wrote:
@Tarantado wrote:
Ask for a bonus using that as leverage, and bring your own cheese while ordering a Little Hamburger instead to stay close or within the reimbursement limit.
If I do I can get Little Fries and a Large Drink and maybe go 10-15 cents over and for this shop I'd rather go 25-cents over than $1 or more under.
@PuaM wrote:
The 5G price increase means the minimum reimbursement for the minimum order is about a dollar short. Also, the shake reimbursement is about 50 cents short (when tax is included.) The MSC will need to address that with the client. Meanwhile, we all need to ask for a bonus of at least $2 to cover the price increases.@SoCalDude wrote:
@Tarantado wrote:
Ask for a bonus using that as leverage, and bring your own cheese while ordering a Little Hamburger instead to stay close or within the reimbursement limit.
If I do I can get Little Fries and a Large Drink and maybe go 10-15 cents over and for this shop I'd rather go 25-cents over than $1 or more under.
@Monsto08 wrote:
Hey everyone. Has anybody ever ordered an entree without any toppings for a shop? I ordered a cheeseburger with the app and in my haste forgot to put toppings. Do you think it will get rejected?
Since the point is whether the store fills the order accurately, no toppings would be a good test. No toppings means no toppings - no toppings, no worries.@Monsto08 wrote:
Hey everyone. Has anybody ever ordered an entree without any toppings for a shop? I ordered a cheeseburger with the app and in my haste forgot to put toppings. Do you think it will get rejected?
@myst4au wrote:
I was doing a cell phone mystery shop. The manager was helping me. A customer came in and started asking a salesperson a lot of questions, and the manager asked my permission to go over and help him. I of course agreed (shop guidelines). When he came back, he told me that he knew that the other customer was a mystery shopper because of the questions he asked, and that he always knew. I asked what a mystery shopper was, and he explained it quickly o me. I guess I was asking the "wrong" ( LOL ) questions that day !
Glad it will work out for you. It won't work in SoCal. That makes it tougher for the MSC to raise reimbursements for those of us who will be paying substantially more for the required meal. (Substantially meaning about a dollar more.) Interestingly, I did a shop some months ago for the MSC (different client.) The required purchase was about $2.55 over the reimbursement. Two months later, I had an unannounced $2.55 deposit in my account. It can happen.@PaulinMI wrote:
With all the posts about price increases, I thought I would check out the online ordering since I have shop later this week. Looks like they added a dime to the cheeseburger since last month. Fries and drink are the same..
@PaulinMI wrote:
I sure wouldn't mind if they raised the reimbursement a buck or two. I wonder how much the individual franchise owners set the price vs. corporate. Also, just curious, what is the starting wage out there for 5 guys? Here it is advertised $11/hr.
@PaulinMI wrote:
With all the posts about price increases, I thought I would check out the online ordering since I have shop later this week. Looks like they added a dime to the cheeseburger since last month. Fries and drink are the same. I can still get out 2 cents under the reimbursement with a little bacon cheese, or 8 cents over on the hamburger. Last month the cheeseburger put me 72 cents over. I do like that bacon cheese dog though (with mustard, onions, and grilled jalapeno), and that keeps me way under limit.
@PaulinMI wrote:
I sure wouldn't mind if they raised the reimbursement a buck or two. I wonder how much the individual franchise owners set the price vs. corporate. Also, just curious, what is the starting wage out there for 5 guys? Here it is advertised $11/hr.
@PuaM wrote:
@myst4au wrote:
I was doing a cell phone mystery shop. The manager was helping me. A customer came in and started asking a salesperson a lot of questions, and the manager asked my permission to go over and help him. I of course agreed (shop guidelines). When he came back, he told me that he knew that the other customer was a mystery shopper because of the questions he asked, and that he always knew. I asked what a mystery shopper was, and he explained it quickly o me. I guess I was asking the "wrong" ( LOL ) questions that day !
This anecdote is a keeper. Thanks for sharing.
@PuaM wrote:
Two months later, I had an unannounced $2.55 deposit in my account. It can happen.
We are all dining there with 5G underwriting our meals. Taking a step back, I wonder how much business 5G will lose when a family of four decides it won't pay $45 for burgers, fries and drinks? (The bottom line can't afford to lose a lot of $45 sales.) Business at the local 5G has dropped off since The Habit opened a half-block away. $1 ice cream cones anyone?@Mafia_Princess wrote:
In Ontario HST is 13%. A little cheese, little fries and regular drink is apparently now 15.56..
@PuaM wrote:
I like Five Guys, but the Charburger is a better burger, and it's several dollars cheaper. The double Char is $4.79 here, while a regular burger at Five Guys is $7.69. I like The Habit's sweet potato fries better than Five Guys' fries, too. Volume doesn't win the fry game for me.@Mafia_Princess wrote:
Business at the local 5G has dropped off since The Habit opened a half-block away. $1 ice cream cones anyone?