@johnb974 wrote:
They barely cover the cost of the meal. They do the same type of timing that was done for the Blaze Pizza shops. They want you to have the exact time you got to each stop and than do the math for the difference between each stop. It's a waste of the shopper's time to do the math and it's not necessary. Someone is just making the shopper's work harder. I'll pass on these shops.
@ceasesmith wrote:
Well, good, John. Leaves more of these for the rest of us.
@patman9760 wrote:
I have not done one of these particular shops, but I have performed other fast-food shops that require times for specifics (such as the time it took the speaker to be answered, order presented, etc...). I always use the stopwatch on my phone and tap the 'Lap' button for each timing required. This eliminates doing any math for me - I take a screenshot when I leave the location and all of the timings are stored. The first 'lap' is when the speaker was answered, second 'lap' is disregarded because it was when I was placing the order, third 'lap' is when order was presented, etc... Would this help at all?
@johnb974 wrote:
They barely cover the cost of the meal. They do the same type of timing that was done for the Blaze Pizza shops. They want you to have the exact time you got to each stop and than do the math for the difference between each stop. It's a waste of the shopper's time to do the math and it's not necessary. Someone is just making the shopper's work harder. I'll pass on these shops.
@johnb974 wrote:
@ceasesmith wrote:
Well, good, John. Leaves more of these for the rest of us.
Unless you live close to me, it doesn't.
@hbbigdaddy wrote:
I'm not aware of the MSC that does CFA shops. Since the name of the MSC cannot be given out, are these NATIONWIDE or just regional for specific franchisee of CFA?
Any hints that can be given? Sassie platform? rhymes with?
@foodluvr wrote:
@hbbigdaddy wrote:
I'm not aware of the MSC that does CFA shops. Since the name of the MSC cannot be given out, are these NATIONWIDE or just regional for specific franchisee of CFA?
Any hints that can be given? Sassie platform? rhymes with?
It's the company that's doing the drive-thru surveys. They're not necessarily targeting, just Chick-fil-A. They're targeting a bunch of drive-throughs for timing and information.
@BirdyC wrote:
Honestly, maybe I'm weird, but I have no interest in eating at Chick-Fil-A, either for a shop or a paid-by-me meal. I don't understand the attraction. Every time I drive by our local location, there are at least 20 cars in line. I don't think the food is worth waiting that long for. Or waiting at all for! I ate there once, just to satisfy my curiosity about why people throng to them. I didn't think the food was anything special at all.
I'd much rather go to Popeye's and get one of their fabulous fried-chicken sandwiches. IMO, they bet CFA hands-down. Which reminds me, we haven't had Popeye's in awhile. Now I'm craving their chicken sandwich.
@JasperJohnson wrote:
@BirdyC wrote:
Honestly, maybe I'm weird, but I have no interest in eating at Chick-Fil-A, either for a shop or a paid-by-me meal. I don't understand the attraction. Every time I drive by our local location, there are at least 20 cars in line. I don't think the food is worth waiting that long for. Or waiting at all for! I ate there once, just to satisfy my curiosity about why people throng to them. I didn't think the food was anything special at all.
I'd much rather go to Popeye's and get one of their fabulous fried-chicken sandwiches. IMO, they bet CFA hands-down. Which reminds me, we haven't had Popeye's in awhile. Now I'm craving their chicken sandwich.
Just FYI, I did one of the Chick Fil A drive-thru shops recently. It had a double drive thru and about 15 cars between me and the order speaker. Even with the large number of cars, the total time from getting in line to getting the food was about 9 minutes. A burger drive-thru with only 5 cars took 10 minutes.
I can see why people do like CFA. I've tried the mac n cheese at both Popeye's and CFA. There is no comparison, the type of cheese, the portion, the amount of cheese. The cheese at Popeye's was greasy and felt like it was just microwaved. The portion was so small for $3-$4. The CFA was more like homemade. Overall, for $10, the CFA meal was pretty good. The lemonade had pulp in it...not just lemonade flavored drink. Maybe CFA has good salads?? Something I won't be finding out, lol.
@johnb974 wrote:
doing all this timing of different stops is just useless. If they have the times for each stop why do they want you to do the math of the minutes and seconds? It adds nothing to the report. It just takes up the time of the shopper.
@condorchristi wrote:
Since the discussion has broadened into discussing the entire fast food/mystery shopping landscape... One of the things that prevents me from taking fast food shops is the reporting platform. I so much prefer the SASSIE site to all others. Unfortunately, there is one ultra-dominant MSC who does the Sonic/Five Guys shops that doesn't use SASSIE. As a result, I don't take those shops unless I am just trying to make some money on a route or something. I don't go out of my way to do a Sonic or Five Guys because of the reporting platform.
@shopperbob wrote:
myst4au posts-- If you do accept the shop, you need to do what they require regardless of whether you think it is value-adding.
Bob comments--I completely agree and compliment myst for "hitting the nail on the head."