@MisterBill wrote:
I would think that Sonic, where people eat in their cars or outdoors instead of in the restaurant, would be better suited towards surviving the restrictions. The restaurant closest to me (but still 30+ minutes away) closed a couple of years ago. I found it odd given that they were on a major road.
@Susan L. wrote:
@MisterBill wrote:
I would think that Sonic, where people eat in their cars or outdoors instead of in the restaurant, would be better suited towards surviving the restrictions. The restaurant closest to me (but still 30+ minutes away) closed a couple of years ago. I found it odd given that they were on a major road.
Some Sonics are eat-in, supplemented with drive thru windows. They have phones at each table for ordering, and a server/carhop delivers the meal. I used to visit one like that in Arkansas.
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I find their burgers to be vile. When I do a Sonic shop I stick to the hot dogs, not that those are primo but they're better than the burgers. The cherry limeade is fantastic though.@CoolMusic wrote:
Sonic is my guilty pleasure! Oh how I wish there were mystery shops for them in my area. I like ordering extra stuff on everything, and some stores have issues with custom order accuracy.
@Frowland1 wrote:
I eat at Sonic a lot for lunch, how do I sign up as a mystery shopper?
@Isaiah4031a wrote:
@Susan L. wrote:
@MisterBill wrote:
I would think that Sonic, where people eat in their cars or outdoors instead of in the restaurant, would be better suited towards surviving the restrictions. The restaurant closest to me (but still 30+ minutes away) closed a couple of years ago. I found it odd given that they were on a major road.
Some Sonics are eat-in, supplemented with drive thru windows. They have phones at each table for ordering, and a server/carhop delivers the meal. I used to visit one like that in Arkansas.
r.
Were at in Arkansas? Most Sonics I have seen have either just an drive up or both an drive up and drive thru.. I have seen an few with outdoor sitting.
@CoolMusic wrote:
Sonic is my guilty pleasure! Oh how I wish there were mystery shops for them in my area. I like ordering extra stuff on everything, and some stores have issues with custom order accuracy.
@MisterBill wrote:
What's the purchase requirement at Sonic? I'll be near one this week and there are shops available.
Thanks. You lost me at excludes chicken.@roflwofl wrote:
The order requirement is an entree, side, and a drink. They provide a list of acceptable entrees, sides and drinks. The list is pretty long although it excludes chicken. Pretty much all the burgers and hot dogs are on the list as well as sides fries, tots, onion rings, and mozzarella sticks. Most drinks are on the list.
I have heard Sonic described as:@shopperbob wrote:
About 13 yrs. ago, 14 Sonics opened in the greater Dayton, Oh. area; the first closed within a year. IN 2021, two remain open, but I do not have the slightest idea how, as I regularly pass one and there might be one or two vehicles in the lot. Someone or ones lost a pile of money.
I shall try that drink next time I shop them.@KokoBWare wrote:
I find their burgers to be vile. When I do a Sonic shop I stick to the hot dogs, not that those are primo but they're better than the burgers. The cherry limeade is fantastic though.
@shoptastic wrote:
why are Sonic's fries the worst?
@shoptastic wrote:
I do like their tots and onion rings (I only don't get them, b/c of going over reimb.).
My reason for getting fries from time to time is to diversify my order more to avoid shopper detection. I'll change up drinks for the same reason.
Hmmmm. Possibly if:@sandyf wrote:
No Sonics around here but as a diner on my own dime I almost always have favorites at each restaurant i go to and order the same exact meal every time at those places. I switch up my eating by going somewhere else. I wonder if all the places I eat at on my own dime think I am a mystery shopper?
@sandyf wrote:
No Sonics around here but as a diner on my own dime I almost always have favorites at each restaurant i go to and order the same exact meal every time at those places. I switch up my eating by going somewhere else. I wonder if all the places I eat at on my own dime think I am a mystery shopper?
@ShoppersViewChristine wrote:
@sandyf wrote:
No Sonics around here but as a diner on my own dime I almost always have favorites at each restaurant i go to and order the same exact meal every time at those places. I switch up my eating by going somewhere else. I wonder if all the places I eat at on my own dime think I am a mystery shopper?
As someone who worked at Burger King for years, I think this is a pretty common ordering habit. I even had plenty of regulars who came in every day and ordered the same thing.