The restaurant chain is based out of Southern California. It is NOT a large, national chain (less than 50 total locations). Some of their locations can get quite busy and people seem to have a good time there. I have dined many times, but it's nothing amazing. Think of it being like a Mexican Red Robin. Unlimited chips/salsa instead of unlimited fries. The food is not all that great and it is really overpriced. There are better options for Mexican food. The happy hour prices are pretty reasonable and you can get a discounted gift card at Costco ($100 for $80), so you are already saving 20%.
The one thing that is intriguing is that it is currently being shopped by 2 companies SIMULATENOUSLY and has been for at least 6 months. Both reports are brutal regardless of MSC. Way too many questions. The MSC prior to the pandemic was a breeze. Much shorter report and max 500 character narrative. There was no pay with prior MSC and the reimbursement was $50, but you could feed 2 for that. Now the reimburse is higher and there is $10 pay, but the report has to be at least 4x worse than it was before.
I even got a good bonus (more than triple pay) and still thought it was terrible writing it. I have done a total of 4 between the 2 MSC that are doing it now and really don't want to do it again. It's just painful. The funny thing is that I used to get upset at the prior MSC because the max character was 500 and sometimes I felt there was something they should be aware of it and I could not fit it all in.
The client must be happier though. They are getting a more complete picture of their operation and the shopper is the one suffering filling it all out. Just trying to figure out why they are paying 2 msc to do the shop and the same locations. the MSC are NOT working together to fill them. They are shopping the same exact locations each month.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2022 01:08AM by hbbigdaddy.