@pegleg2000 wrote:
@gene wrote:
I checked with schedulers in the past. They notified me that I MUST order burger or hot dog, etc. with bun only.
I always get a burger in a bowl. It asks on the form what you got and I mark in a bowl. I have never had a problem.
@eclark3 wrote:
I chuckled at this I live on the seacoast where there are a lot of good seafood restaurants. I go to the Texas Roadhouse and order salmon.@jay225 wrote:
veggie bowl at five guys is f’n hilarious. go to the most carnivorous place in civilization and order a veggie bowl. .
@Niner wrote:
@pegleg2000 wrote:
@Niner wrote:
I get a burger in a bowl. I have never had them say anything.
I would imagine getting a burgerless burger would out you as a shopper though. That can't be a typical order.
Why would it out you? I get it cause I don't eat a lot of carbs.
I get a burger without the bun. I was referring to getting no burger and just lettuce and other vegetables.
@Niner wrote:
It's $14.60 by us for a little burger, small drink, and small fries.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Great points Squash!
I only eat the fries in the cup. The rest get trashed.
@kenasch wrote:
I posted this in another thread but in case you or others didn't see it.
I eat only a few fries and take the rest home and freeze them. I reheat a few at a time in my toaster oven and they taste great. Good supplement to my meal, even breakfast!
@kenasch wrote:
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Great points Squash!
I only eat the fries in the cup. The rest get trashed.
I posted this in another thread but in case you or others didn't see it.
I eat only a few fries and take the rest home and freeze them. I reheat a few at a time in my toaster oven and they taste great. Good supplement to my meal, even breakfast!
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Great points Squash!
I only eat the fries in the cup. The rest get trashed.
I think the $12.75 is their fixed cost and anything over that is profit.
When I was on a mystery shop, one person in a group in front of me ordered a veggie sandwich.
@Insight wrote:
The last two 5 guys I did cost me $13.46 and I do not want ta shop to cost me money even though it pays a fee.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
I eat a cup of fries and trash the rest in the restaurant. I love good fries beyond words. If I tried to bring them home for leftovers, they would evaporate in my car.
@Capurato wrote:
If anyone really cared enough, you could write off the non-reimbursable part as a business expense and take the deduction.
@BirdyC wrote:
I save the leftover fries, cut them up, and make home fries out of them to scramble up with eggs. And my husband will just eat them re-heated. No wasted fries in our house! It does take some willpower not to go overboard when I'm at the location doing the shop.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
I so admire your restraint!
The first and last time I took fries home to make poutine, there were none left by the time I pulled into my community. Mind you, the restaurant was in the same zip code.
If you are trying to lose weight, don't take FF shops at all. Even the so-called "healthy" options are crap. You could save more money than you would ever make on a FF shop by improving your health, ending the need for meds and cutting back on medical visits/hospital stays. :-)@Insight wrote:
I am trying to lose weight and ordered the burger in a bowl. Has anyone ever ordered the veggies in a bowl??
Losing weight is calories in - calories out.@LuvsTraveling wrote:
If you are trying to lose weight, don't take FF shops at all. Even the so-called "healthy" options are crap. You could save more money than you would ever make on a FF shop by improving your health, ending the need for meds and cutting back on medical visits/hospital stays. :-)@Insight wrote:
I am trying to lose weight and ordered the burger in a bowl. Has anyone ever ordered the veggies in a bowl??
Exactly. Early in my mystery shopping I got some REALLY bad advice from a scheduler that would have invalidated one of my shops. Luckily I asked the Help Desk.@Mert wrote:
Gene, It was irresponsible of the scheduler to advise you of her interpretation of the guidelines. The MSC’s written guidelines always prevail over verbal communication from a scheduler.
@gene wrote:
The scheduler said: YES
Definitely the case here on Long Island. Prices vary wildly. There's a beach resort town in my rotation where if i order a burger I'd better be ready to pay almost $16. There are other locations where the "preferred" burger setup doesn't even get me close to $12.75@sigh wrote:
I don't see how ordering a veggie anything at 5 Guys would out someone as a shopper. Their grilled cheese all the way was one of my go to's even before I started shopping them.
FWIW I think that the hot dog is slightly less costly than a little burger but I think that prices seem to vary according to the location of the restaurant.